Geelong West
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: #257
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3215, 3218
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Suburb Map

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Geelong West suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Geelong West contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 518,535,285 vehicle movements, or approximately 518.5M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Geelong West is Corio-Waurn Ponds Road / Midland, with 223,270,066 recorded movements across the historical period.

518.5MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#257Melbourne suburb movement rank
86,422,547Average 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 Geelong West

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5016 Corio-Waurn Ponds Road / Midland
CORIO-WAURN PONDS RD / MIDLAND		 223,270,066 223.3M 526 Map
2 5100 MIDLAND Highway / PAKINGTON / STUBBS
MIDLAND HWY/PAKINGTON/STUBBS		 119,359,531 119.4M 1813 Map
3 5221 Shannon / Church
SHANNON/CHURCH		 79,909,914 79.9M 2801 Map
4 5415 Pakington Street between Villamanta St & Pizer St
Pakington Street between Villamanta St & Pizer St		 37,960,900 38.0M 3820 Map
5 5416 Shannon Avenue between Gertrude St & Crofton St
Shannon Avenue between Gertrude St & Crofton St		 34,415,154 34.4M 3895 Map
6 5097 Pakington / Albert
PAKINGTON/ALBERT		 23,619,720 23.6M 4115 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 Geelong West. 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
    5016 — Corio-Waurn Ponds Road / Midland
    CORIO-WAURN PONDS RD / MIDLAND
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #526
    -38.133426, 144.350916
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  2. 2
    5100 — MIDLAND Highway / PAKINGTON / STUBBS
    MIDLAND HWY/PAKINGTON/STUBBS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1813
    -38.132098, 144.349927
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  3. 3
    5221 — Shannon / Church
    SHANNON/CHURCH
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2801
    -38.130661, 144.338307
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  4. 4
    5415 — Pakington Street between Villamanta St & Pizer St
    Pakington Street between Villamanta St & Pizer St
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3820
    -38.145622, 144.347366
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  5. 5
    5416 — Shannon Avenue between Gertrude St & Crofton St
    Shannon Avenue between Gertrude St & Crofton St
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3895
    -38.143276, 144.335864
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  6. 6
    5097 — Pakington / Albert
    PAKINGTON/ALBERT
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4115
    -38.140783, 144.348286
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Corio-Waurn Ponds Road / Midland
223,270,066 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Geelong West ranks #257 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
5016 Corio-Waurn Ponds Road / Midland CORIO-WAURN PONDS RD / MIDLAND 223,270,066 3218 Open
5100 MIDLAND Highway / PAKINGTON / STUBBS MIDLAND HWY/PAKINGTON/STUBBS 119,359,531 3215 Open
5221 Shannon / Church SHANNON/CHURCH 79,909,914 3218 Open
5415 Pakington Street between Villamanta St & Pizer St Pakington Street between Villamanta St & Pizer St 37,960,900 3218 Open
5416 Shannon Avenue between Gertrude St & Crofton St Shannon Avenue between Gertrude St & Crofton St 34,415,154 3218 Open
5097 Pakington / Albert PAKINGTON/ALBERT 23,619,720 3218 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