Hampton
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: #211
SCATS sites: 8
Postcode(s): 3186, 3188, 3191
I’m your local mate with a few trailers right next to The West Gate Freeway!

Suburb Map

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Hampton suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Hampton contains 8 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 744,385,368 vehicle movements, or approximately 744.4M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Hampton is Bluff / Highett, with 212,152,752 recorded movements across the historical period.

744.4MTotal mapped vehicle movements
8Mapped SCATS sites
#211Melbourne suburb movement rank
93,048,171Average 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 Hampton

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3101 Bluff / Highett
BLUFF/HIGHETT		 212,152,752 212.2M 600 Map
2 3093 Beach / New
BEACH/NEW		 123,095,556 123.1M 1732 Map
3 4861 Hampton / Willis
HAMPTON/WILLIS		 122,415,615 122.4M 1749 Map
4 3099 Bluff / Ludstone
BLUFF/LUDSTONE		 103,766,872 103.8M 2204 Map
5 2350 Wickham / Bluff
WICKHAM/BLUFF		 101,652,782 101.7M 2263 Map
6 3104 BEACH near ORLANDO
BEACH NR ORLANDO		 81,301,604 81.3M 2759 Map
7 3100 BLUFF near APEX
BLUFF NR APEX		 149 0.0M 4621 Map
8 3029 BEACH near SMALL
BEACH NR SMALL		 38 0.0M 4631 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 Hampton. 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: 8. 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
    3101 — Bluff / Highett
    BLUFF/HIGHETT
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #600
    -37.946403, 145.022186
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  2. 2
    3093 — Beach / New
    BEACH/NEW
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1732
    -37.93213, 144.993309
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  3. 3
    4861 — Hampton / Willis
    HAMPTON/WILLIS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1749
    -37.936535, 145.002686
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  4. 4
    3099 — Bluff / Ludstone
    BLUFF/LUDSTONE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2204
    -37.93555, 145.024221
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  5. 5
    2350 — Wickham / Bluff
    WICKHAM/BLUFF
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2263
    -37.942789, 145.022865
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  6. 6
    3104 — BEACH near ORLANDO
    BEACH NR ORLANDO
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2759
    -37.934402, 144.995372
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  7. 7
    3100 — BLUFF near APEX
    BLUFF NR APEX
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4621
    -37.937284, 145.023892
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  8. 8
    3029 — BEACH near SMALL
    BEACH NR SMALL
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4631
    -37.939121, 144.999267
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Bluff / Highett
212,152,752 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Hampton ranks #211 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
3101 Bluff / Highett BLUFF/HIGHETT 212,152,752 3191 Open
3093 Beach / New BEACH/NEW 123,095,556 3186 Open
4861 Hampton / Willis HAMPTON/WILLIS 122,415,615 3188 Open
3099 Bluff / Ludstone BLUFF/LUDSTONE 103,766,872 3188 Open
2350 Wickham / Bluff WICKHAM/BLUFF 101,652,782 3191 Open
3104 BEACH near ORLANDO BEACH NR ORLANDO 81,301,604 3188 Open
3100 BLUFF near APEX BLUFF NR APEX 149 3188 Open
3029 BEACH near SMALL BEACH NR SMALL 38 3188 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