Highton
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: #271
SCATS sites: 7
Postcode(s): 3216
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Suburb Map

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Highton suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Highton contains 7 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 477,755,157 vehicle movements, or approximately 477.8M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Highton is Corio-Waurn Ponds / Rossack / Grr Ramps, with 194,268,257 recorded movements across the historical period.

477.8MTotal mapped vehicle movements
7Mapped SCATS sites
#271Melbourne suburb movement rank
68,250,736Average 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 Highton

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5143 Corio-Waurn Ponds / Rossack / Grr Ramps
CORIO-WAURN PONDS/ROSSACK/GRR RAMPS		 194,268,257 194.3M 779 Map
2 5026 Corio-Waurn Ponds / Pigdons
CORIO-WAURN PONDS/PIGDONS		 90,159,760 90.2M 2532 Map
3 5114 Barrabool / Belle Vue
BARRABOOL/BELLE VUE		 64,882,977 64.9M 3186 Map
4 5142 BARRABOOL RD / GRR Ramps North Bound
BARRABOOL RD / GRR Ramps North Bound		 42,700,038 42.7M 3711 Map
5 5395 Pigdons Road / Alfred Deakin Drive
Pigdons Road/Alfred Deakin Drive		 33,465,287 33.5M 3921 Map
6 5327 Pigdons Road / University Drive
PIGDONS ROAD / UNIVERSITY DRIVE		 27,937,317 27.9M 4021 Map
7 5397 Pigdons Road / Nicol drive North
Pigdons Road/Nicol drive North		 24,341,521 24.3M 4100 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 Highton. 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
    5143 — Corio-Waurn Ponds / Rossack / Grr Ramps
    CORIO-WAURN PONDS/ROSSACK/GRR RAMPS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #779
    -38.200726, 144.311472
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  2. 2
    5026 — Corio-Waurn Ponds / Pigdons
    CORIO-WAURN PONDS/PIGDONS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2532
    -38.202289, 144.306297
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  3. 3
    5114 — Barrabool / Belle Vue
    BARRABOOL/BELLE VUE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3186
    -38.171516, 144.324397
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  4. 4
    5142 — BARRABOOL RD / GRR Ramps North Bound
    BARRABOOL RD / GRR Ramps North Bound
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3711
    -38.171732, 144.291066
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  5. 5
    5395 — Pigdons Road / Alfred Deakin Drive
    Pigdons Road/Alfred Deakin Drive
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3921
    -38.198499, 144.304985
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  6. 6
    5327 — Pigdons Road / University Drive
    PIGDONS ROAD / UNIVERSITY DRIVE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4021
    -38.193316, 144.305298
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  7. 7
    5397 — Pigdons Road / Nicol drive North
    Pigdons Road/Nicol drive North
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4100
    -38.194938, 144.305005
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Corio-Waurn Ponds / Rossack / Grr Ramps
194,268,257 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Highton ranks #271 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
5143 Corio-Waurn Ponds / Rossack / Grr Ramps CORIO-WAURN PONDS/ROSSACK/GRR RAMPS 194,268,257 3216 Open
5026 Corio-Waurn Ponds / Pigdons CORIO-WAURN PONDS/PIGDONS 90,159,760 3216 Open
5114 Barrabool / Belle Vue BARRABOOL/BELLE VUE 64,882,977 3216 Open
5142 BARRABOOL RD / GRR Ramps North Bound BARRABOOL RD / GRR Ramps North Bound 42,700,038 3216 Open
5395 Pigdons Road / Alfred Deakin Drive Pigdons Road/Alfred Deakin Drive 33,465,287 3216 Open
5327 Pigdons Road / University Drive PIGDONS ROAD / UNIVERSITY DRIVE 27,937,317 3216 Open
5397 Pigdons Road / Nicol drive North Pigdons Road/Nicol drive North 24,341,521 3216 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