Hughesdale
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: #122
SCATS sites: 7
Postcode(s): 3166
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Suburb Map

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Hughesdale suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Hughesdale contains 7 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,501,931,287 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,501.9M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Hughesdale is Princes Highway East / WARRIGAL, with 398,573,117 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,501.9MTotal mapped vehicle movements
7Mapped SCATS sites
#122Melbourne suburb movement rank
214,561,612Average 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 Hughesdale

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2425 Princes Highway East / WARRIGAL
PHE/WARRIGAL		 398,573,117 398.6M 51 Map
2 2424 Princes Highway East / POATH / CHADSTONE
PHE/POATH/CHADSTONE		 361,274,463 361.3M 88 Map
3 2437 Princes Highway East / CHADSTONE ENT 3
PHE/CHADSTONE ENT 3		 354,411,127 354.4M 91 Map
4 3563 NORTH near JASSA
NORTH NR JASSA		 196,507,834 196.5M 755 Map
5 4101 Poath / Railway / Willesden
POATH/RAILWAY/WILLESDEN		 93,103,952 93.1M 2459 Map
6 4086 Poath / Neerim
POATH/NEERIM		 59,433,320 59.4M 3308 Map
7 2486 Chadstone Shopping- Ent 1-Wstrn Access Road / Carpark A Ent
CHADSTONE SHOPPING- ENT 1-WSTRN ACCESS RD /CARPARK A ENT		 38,627,474 38.6M 3810 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 Hughesdale. 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
    2425 — Princes Highway East / WARRIGAL
    PRINCES HWY EAST/WARRIGAL
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #51
    -37.893093, 145.088202
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  2. 2
    2424 — Princes Highway East / POATH / CHADSTONE
    PRINCES HWY EAST/POATH/CHADSTONE
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #88
    -37.887244, 145.078165
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  3. 3
    2437 — Princes Highway East / CHADSTONE ENT 3
    PRINCES HWY EAST/CHADSTONE ENT 3
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #91
    -37.889126, 145.081687
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  4. 4
    3563 — NORTH near JASSA
    NORTH NR JASSA
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #755
    -37.90856, 145.077619
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  5. 5
    4101 — Poath / Railway / Willesden
    POATH/RAILWAY/WILLESDEN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2459
    -37.894632, 145.076748
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  6. 6
    4086 — Poath / Neerim
    POATH/NEERIM
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3308
    -37.891694, 145.077292
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  7. 7
    2486 — Chadstone Shopping- Ent 1-Wstrn Access Road / Carpark A Ent
    CHADSTONE SHOPPING- ENT 1-WSTRN ACCESS RD /CARPARK A ENT
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3810
    -37.88744, 145.07869
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Princes Highway East / WARRIGAL
398,573,117 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Hughesdale ranks #122 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
2425 Princes Highway East / WARRIGAL PRINCES HWY EAST/WARRIGAL 398,573,117 3166 Open
2424 Princes Highway East / POATH / CHADSTONE PRINCES HWY EAST/POATH/CHADSTONE 361,274,463 3166 Open
2437 Princes Highway East / CHADSTONE ENT 3 PRINCES HWY EAST/CHADSTONE ENT 3 354,411,127 3166 Open
3563 NORTH near JASSA NORTH NR JASSA 196,507,834 3166 Open
4101 Poath / Railway / Willesden POATH/RAILWAY/WILLESDEN 93,103,952 3166 Open
4086 Poath / Neerim POATH/NEERIM 59,433,320 3166 Open
2486 Chadstone Shopping- Ent 1-Wstrn Access Road / Carpark A Ent CHADSTONE SHOPPING- ENT 1-WSTRN ACCESS RD /CARPARK A ENT 38,627,474 3166 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