Heatherton
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: #155
SCATS sites: 8
Postcode(s): 3189, 3202
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Suburb Map

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Heatherton suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Heatherton contains 8 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,136,413,546 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,136.4M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Heatherton is Warrigal / South / Dingley Bypass, with 297,000,291 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,136.4MTotal mapped vehicle movements
8Mapped SCATS sites
#155Melbourne suburb movement rank
142,051,693Average 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 Heatherton

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3696 Warrigal / South / Dingley Bypass
WARRIGAL/SOUTH/DINGLEY BYPASS		 297,000,291 297.0M 193 Map
2 1699 Dingley Bypass / Kingston Road
Dingley Bypass / Kingston Road		 207,086,768 207.1M 647 Map
3 3204 Centre Dandenong / Boundary
CENTRE DANDENONG/BOUNDARY		 168,587,518 168.6M 1047 Map
4 3703 Warrigal / Cochranes
WARRIGAL/COCHRANES		 160,246,691 160.2M 1147 Map
5 4618 Kingston / Old Dandenong
KINGSTON/OLD DANDENONG		 104,166,356 104.2M 2195 Map
6 3644 Kingston / Ball / Street Andrews
KINGSTON/BALL/ST ANDREWS		 86,841,815 86.8M 2606 Map
7 4632 Kingston Rd / Turnberry Ct
Kingston Rd/Turnberry Ct		 80,595,790 80.6M 2782 Map
8 3895 Old Dandenong / Clarinda
OLD DANDENONG/CLARINDA		 31,888,317 31.9M 3954 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 Heatherton. 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
    3696 — Warrigal / South / Dingley Bypass
    WARRIGAL/SOUTH/DINGLEY BYPASS
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #193
    -37.938769, 145.079658
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  2. 2
    1699 — Dingley Bypass / Kingston Road
    Dingley Bypass / Kingston Road
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #647
    -37.956337, 145.103034
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  3. 3
    3204 — Centre Dandenong / Boundary
    CENTRE DANDENONG/BOUNDARY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1047
    -37.97228, 145.111686
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  4. 4
    3703 — Warrigal / Cochranes
    WARRIGAL/COCHRANES
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1147
    -37.944533, 145.078427
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  5. 5
    4618 — Kingston / Old Dandenong
    KINGSTON/OLD DANDENONG
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2195
    -37.955965, 145.10019
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  6. 6
    3644 — Kingston / Ball / Street Andrews
    KINGSTON/BALL/ST ANDREWS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2606
    -37.953947, 145.083549
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  7. 7
    4632 — Kingston Rd / Turnberry Ct
    Kingston Rd/Turnberry Ct
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2782
    -37.953692, 145.081267
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  8. 8
    3895 — Old Dandenong / Clarinda
    OLD DANDENONG/CLARINDA
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3954
    -37.94708, 145.096664
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Warrigal / South / Dingley Bypass
297,000,291 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Heatherton ranks #155 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
3696 Warrigal / South / Dingley Bypass WARRIGAL/SOUTH/DINGLEY BYPASS 297,000,291 3202 Open
1699 Dingley Bypass / Kingston Road Dingley Bypass / Kingston Road 207,086,768 3202 Open
3204 Centre Dandenong / Boundary CENTRE DANDENONG/BOUNDARY 168,587,518 3202 Open
3703 Warrigal / Cochranes WARRIGAL/COCHRANES 160,246,691 3189 Open
4618 Kingston / Old Dandenong KINGSTON/OLD DANDENONG 104,166,356 3202 Open
3644 Kingston / Ball / Street Andrews KINGSTON/BALL/ST ANDREWS 86,841,815 3202 Open
4632 Kingston Rd / Turnberry Ct Kingston Rd/Turnberry Ct 80,595,790 3202 Open
3895 Old Dandenong / Clarinda OLD DANDENONG/CLARINDA 31,888,317 3202 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