Fawkner
Traffic Intelligence Profile

SCATS-based vehicle movement profile generated from the Melbourne SCATS Intelligence Platform. Historical signalised-intersection movement analysis covering 2014–2026.
Generated: 20 May 2026
Suburb rank: #92
SCATS sites: 7
Postcode(s): 3060
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Suburb Map

This map provides geographic context for the suburb profile and the surrounding road network. For individual SCATS sensor locations, use the map links in the Top SCATS Sites and Sensor Inventory tables.

Fawkner suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Fawkner contains 7 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,794,950,466 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,795.0M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Fawkner is Sydney / Wrr, with 416,360,476 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,795.0MTotal mapped vehicle movements
7Mapped SCATS sites
#92Melbourne suburb movement rank
256,421,495Average movements per site
Interpretation: This profile should be read as a suburb-level movement exposure report based on mapped SCATS sensor locations. It is useful for local traffic reporting, OOH exposure review, planning discussion, business-location context and public-interest transport analysis.

Top SCATS Sites in Fawkner

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2173 Sydney / Wrr
SYDNEY/WRR		 416,360,476 416.4M 37 Map
2 2155 Sydney Road / Box Forest
SYDNEY RD/BOX FOREST		 271,446,531 271.4M 285 Map
3 2162 Sydney Road / Jukes
SYDNEY RD/JUKES		 264,532,899 264.5M 306 Map
4 2160 Sydney Road / Anderson
SYDNEY RD/ANDERSON		 249,003,761 249.0M 374 Map
5 2146 Sydney Road / Major
SYDNEY RD/MAJOR		 212,277,821 212.3M 599 Map
6 2163 Sydney Road / Lynch
SYDNEY RD/LYNCH		 205,507,598 205.5M 665 Map
7 2153 Sydney Road / Boundary / Queens
SYDNEY RD/BOUNDARY/QUEENS		 175,821,380 175.8M 957 Map
Note: SCATS locations are assigned to suburbs using the latitude/longitude of each site. Boundary roads may influence nearby suburbs even when assigned to one suburb for repeatable reporting.

SCATS Sensor Map

This map shows the location of each mapped SCATS sensor associated with Fawkner. Circle colours match the main full-network SCATS map. Click any circle to view the site name, movement total and a direct Google Maps link.

Interactive SCATS Sensor Map

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Traffic intensity circles
Red — Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide
Orange — Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide
Yellow — Middle-volume Melbourne-wide
Green — Lower-volume mapped site
Circle colours are based on each SCATS site's Melbourne-wide rank across the cleaned archive, not just its rank within this suburb. Circle size is scaled lightly by traffic intensity.

Provider: Google Maps circle overlays · Sensors plotted: 7. For PDF export, you will usually get a better result by replacing this live map with a static PNG screenshot.

Mapped SCATS sensors

  1. 1
    2173 — Sydney / Western Ring Road
    SYDNEY/WESTERN RING ROAD
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #37
    -37.692181, 144.95865
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  2. 2
    2155 — Sydney Road / Box Forest
    SYDNEY RD/BOX FOREST
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #285
    -37.704543, 144.960685
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  3. 3
    2162 — Sydney Road / Jukes
    SYDNEY RD/JUKES
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #306
    -37.701077, 144.96012
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  4. 4
    2160 — Sydney Road / Anderson
    SYDNEY RD/ANDERSON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #374
    -37.694747, 144.959102
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  5. 5
    2146 — Sydney Road / Major
    SYDNEY RD/MAJOR
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #599
    -37.706593, 144.961024
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  6. 6
    2163 — Sydney Road / Lynch
    SYDNEY RD/LYNCH
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #665
    -37.71075, 144.961699
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  7. 7
    2153 — Sydney Road / Boundary / Queens
    SYDNEY RD/BOUNDARY/QUEENS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #957
    -37.71869, 144.963005
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Sydney / Wrr
416,360,476 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Fawkner ranks #92 among mapped Melbourne suburbs/localities by total SCATS movement volume in this generated suburb summary.

Likely Dominant Corridors

OOH and media relevance: Suburbs with concentrated SCATS movement corridors can be useful for billboard exposure review, local traffic journalism, corridor analysis and business-location intelligence.

SCATS Sensor Inventory

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SCATS IDFriendly nameOfficial nameTotal movementsPostcodeMap
2173 Sydney / Western Ring Road SYDNEY/WESTERN RING ROAD 416,360,476 3060 Open
2155 Sydney Road / Box Forest SYDNEY RD/BOX FOREST 271,446,531 3060 Open
2162 Sydney Road / Jukes SYDNEY RD/JUKES 264,532,899 3060 Open
2160 Sydney Road / Anderson SYDNEY RD/ANDERSON 249,003,761 3060 Open
2146 Sydney Road / Major SYDNEY RD/MAJOR 212,277,821 3060 Open
2163 Sydney Road / Lynch SYDNEY RD/LYNCH 205,507,598 3060 Open
2153 Sydney Road / Boundary / Queens SYDNEY RD/BOUNDARY/QUEENS 175,821,380 3060 Open

Methodology and Platform Context

This suburb profile is one local report generated from the wider Melbourne SCATS Intelligence platform. The platform converts more than 12 years of Melbourne traffic signal data into a public-facing transport intelligence layer covering historical movement totals, site rankings, corridor behaviour, suburb profiles, OOH exposure review, and reproducible data-quality evidence.

37,877,000,000Cleaned 15-minute SCATS observations
539,021,000,000Total cleaned vehicle movements analysed platform-wide
148/148Expected months processed in the reporting window
2014–2026Historical coverage window
How to read this suburb report: the suburb total shown earlier in this profile is this suburb’s portion of the mapped SCATS movement layer. The Melbourne-wide figures above describe the scale of the full platform, not this suburb alone. The suburb profile layer turns the city-wide dataset into 517 suburb/locality reports using 4,427 mapped SCATS sites.
Boundary caution: Some SCATS sensors sit on arterial roads, freeway interfaces or suburb boundaries. For repeatable reporting, each sensor is assigned to one suburb based on its coordinate. This makes the profiles reproducible, but nearby suburbs may still be affected by the same corridor.

Open-source project: https://github.com/clarketowson/melbourne-scats-intelligence

Generated by Melbourne SCATS Intelligence Platform · Clarke Towson, BCMS · Spotswood Trailers