Ferntree Gully
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: #84
SCATS sites: 15
Postcode(s): 3156
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Ferntree Gully contains 15 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,949,995,055 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,950.0M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Ferntree Gully is BURWOOD Highway / DORSET, with 276,835,424 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,950.0MTotal mapped vehicle movements
15Mapped SCATS sites
#84Melbourne suburb movement rank
129,999,670Average 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 Ferntree Gully

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 177 BURWOOD Highway / DORSET
BURWOOD HWY/DORSET		 276,835,424 276.8M 265 Map
2 176 BURWOOD Highway / FERNTREE GULLY / COMMERCIAL
BURWOOD HWY/FERNTREE GULLY/COMMERCIAL		 226,398,744 226.4M 499 Map
3 764 Burwood / Glenfern
BURWOOD/GLENFERN		 223,160,012 223.2M 527 Map
4 179 Burwood / Brenock Pk / Selman / Forest
BURWOOD/BRENOCK PK/SELMAN/FOREST		 206,277,480 206.3M 658 Map
5 723 BURWOOD Highway / STATION
BURWOOD HWY/STATION		 164,095,104 164.1M 1102 Map
6 825 BURWOOD Highway near KELVIN
BURWOOD HWY NR KELVIN		 143,682,285 143.7M 1388 Map
7 827 Ferntree Gully / Windermere
FERNTREE GULLY/WINDERMERE		 138,720,622 138.7M 1477 Map
8 457 Ferntree Gully / Mountain Gate
FERNTREE GULLY/MOUNTAIN GATE		 133,306,508 133.3M 1537 Map
9 807 Dorset / Francis
DORSET/FRANCIS		 127,581,014 127.6M 1647 Map
10 779 SCORESBY near APPLEGUM
SCORESBY NR APPLEGUM		 116,600,294 116.6M 1892 Map
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SCATS Sensor Map

This map shows the location of each mapped SCATS sensor associated with Ferntree Gully. 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.

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Mapped SCATS sensors

  1. 1
    177 — BURWOOD Highway / DORSET
    BURWOOD HWY/DORSET
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #265
    -37.885825, 145.284256
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  2. 2
    176 — BURWOOD Highway / FERNTREE GULLY / COMMERCIAL
    BURWOOD HWY/FERNTREE GULLY/COMMERCIAL
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #499
    -37.882749, 145.277528
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  3. 3
    764 — Burwood / Glenfern
    BURWOOD/GLENFERN
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #527
    -37.888618, 145.287503
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  4. 4
    179 — Burwood / Brenock Pk / Selman / Forest
    BURWOOD/BRENOCK PK/SELMAN/FOREST
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #658
    -37.888744, 145.294684
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  5. 5
    723 — BURWOOD Highway / STATION
    BURWOOD HWY/STATION
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1102
    -37.8887, 145.2912
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  6. 6
    825 — BURWOOD Highway near KELVIN
    BURWOOD HWY NR KELVIN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1388
    -37.881694, 145.274072
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  7. 7
    827 — Ferntree Gully / Windermere
    FERNTREE GULLY/WINDERMERE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1477
    -37.888468, 145.262922
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  8. 8
    457 — Ferntree Gully / Mountain Gate
    FERNTREE GULLY/MOUNTAIN GATE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1537
    -37.88321, 145.275589
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  9. 9
    807 — Dorset / Francis
    DORSET/FRANCIS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1647
    -37.876553, 145.284802
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  10. 10
    779 — SCORESBY near APPLEGUM
    SCORESBY NR APPLEGUM
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1892
    -37.872831, 145.259484
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  11. 11
    787 — Lysterfield / Napoleon / Glenfern
    LYSTERFIELD/NAPOLEON/GLENFERN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.900346, 145.294523
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  12. 12
    385 — FOREST near DOYSAL
    FOREST NR DOYSAL
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.876124, 145.299461
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  13. 13
    160 — Station / Alpine
    STATION/ALPINE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.882943, 145.295661
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  14. 14
    32117 — Burwood Highway / McMahons Rd / Clyde Street
    Burwood Highway / McMahons Rd / Clyde Street
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.879578, 145.268144
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  15. 15
    772 — DORSET near ALMA
    DORSET NR ALMA
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.880533, 145.284582
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

BURWOOD Highway / DORSET
276,835,424 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Ferntree Gully ranks #84 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
177 BURWOOD Highway / DORSET BURWOOD HWY/DORSET 276,835,424 3156 Open
176 BURWOOD Highway / FERNTREE GULLY / COMMERCIAL BURWOOD HWY/FERNTREE GULLY/COMMERCIAL 226,398,744 3156 Open
764 Burwood / Glenfern BURWOOD/GLENFERN 223,160,012 3156 Open
179 Burwood / Brenock Pk / Selman / Forest BURWOOD/BRENOCK PK/SELMAN/FOREST 206,277,480 3156 Open
723 BURWOOD Highway / STATION BURWOOD HWY/STATION 164,095,104 3156 Open
825 BURWOOD Highway near KELVIN BURWOOD HWY NR KELVIN 143,682,285 3156 Open
827 Ferntree Gully / Windermere FERNTREE GULLY/WINDERMERE 138,720,622 3156 Open
457 Ferntree Gully / Mountain Gate FERNTREE GULLY/MOUNTAIN GATE 133,306,508 3156 Open
807 Dorset / Francis DORSET/FRANCIS 127,581,014 3156 Open
779 SCORESBY near APPLEGUM SCORESBY NR APPLEGUM 116,600,294 3156 Open
787 Lysterfield / Napoleon / Glenfern LYSTERFIELD/NAPOLEON/GLENFERN 87,481,295 3156 Open
385 FOREST near DOYSAL FOREST NR DOYSAL 43,346,030 3156 Open
160 Station / Alpine STATION/ALPINE 37,651,705 3156 Open
32117 Burwood Highway / McMahons Rd / Clyde Street Burwood Highway / McMahons Rd / Clyde Street 24,858,526 3156 Open
772 DORSET near ALMA DORSET NR ALMA 12 3156 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

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