Heidelberg 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: #143
SCATS sites: 7
Postcode(s): 3081
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Heidelberg West contains 7 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,243,280,871 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,243.3M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Heidelberg West is BELL near ORIEL & PLUNKETT, with 297,987,508 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,243.3MTotal mapped vehicle movements
7Mapped SCATS sites
#143Melbourne suburb movement rank
177,611,553Average 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 Heidelberg West

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2946 BELL near ORIEL & PLUNKETT
BELL NR ORIEL & PLUNKETT		 297,987,508 298.0M 188 Map
2 3066 Bell / Oriel Nth
BELL/ORIEL NTH		 293,421,875 293.4M 204 Map
3 3067 Bell / Waterdale
BELL/WATERDALE		 216,257,056 216.3M 568 Map
4 4296 Southern / Waterdale
SOUTHERN/WATERDALE		 130,091,571 130.1M 1597 Map
5 4295 Southern / Oriel
SOUTHERN/ORIEL		 105,881,571 105.9M 2156 Map
6 4294 Southern / Liberty
SOUTHERN/LIBERTY		 100,136,211 100.1M 2301 Map
7 4292 Waterdale / Dougharty
WATERDALE/DOUGHARTY		 99,505,079 99.5M 2318 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 Heidelberg 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
    2946 — BELL near ORIEL & PLUNKETT
    BELL NR ORIEL & PLUNKETT
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #188
    -37.750011, 145.04212
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  2. 2
    3066 — Bell / Oriel Nth
    BELL/ORIEL NTH
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #204
    -37.749799, 145.041323
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  3. 3
    3067 — Bell / Waterdale
    BELL/WATERDALE
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #568
    -37.751138, 145.046086
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  4. 4
    4296 — Southern / Waterdale
    SOUTHERN/WATERDALE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1597
    -37.742174, 145.047815
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  5. 5
    4295 — Southern / Oriel
    SOUTHERN/ORIEL
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2156
    -37.741642, 145.042832
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  6. 6
    4294 — Southern / Liberty
    SOUTHERN/LIBERTY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2301
    -37.740998, 145.036806
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  7. 7
    4292 — Waterdale / Dougharty
    WATERDALE/DOUGHARTY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2318
    -37.734463, 145.049132
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

BELL near ORIEL & PLUNKETT
297,987,508 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Heidelberg West ranks #143 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
2946 BELL near ORIEL & PLUNKETT BELL NR ORIEL & PLUNKETT 297,987,508 3081 Open
3066 Bell / Oriel Nth BELL/ORIEL NTH 293,421,875 3081 Open
3067 Bell / Waterdale BELL/WATERDALE 216,257,056 3081 Open
4296 Southern / Waterdale SOUTHERN/WATERDALE 130,091,571 3081 Open
4295 Southern / Oriel SOUTHERN/ORIEL 105,881,571 3081 Open
4294 Southern / Liberty SOUTHERN/LIBERTY 100,136,211 3081 Open
4292 Waterdale / Dougharty WATERDALE/DOUGHARTY 99,505,079 3081 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