Knoxfield
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: #151
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3180
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Knoxfield contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,170,589,367 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,170.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Knoxfield is BURWOOD Highway / SCORESBY, with 226,208,792 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,170.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#151Melbourne suburb movement rank
195,098,227Average 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 Knoxfield

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 174 BURWOOD Highway / SCORESBY
BURWOOD HWY/SCORESBY		 226,208,792 226.2M 501 Map
2 377 Ferntree Gully / Ent Bunnings (Knox)
FERNTREE GULLY/ENT BUNNINGS (KNOX)		 201,838,023 201.8M 708 Map
3 159 BURWOOD Highway / LAKEWOOD
BURWOOD HWY/LAKEWOOD		 192,741,528 192.7M 798 Map
4 459 Ferntree Gully / Scoresby
FERNTREE GULLY/SCORESBY		 186,627,902 186.6M 852 Map
5 384 Ferntree Gully / Henderson / Street Laurent
FERNTREE GULLY/HENDERSON/ST LAURENT		 185,255,716 185.3M 867 Map
6 1185 FERNTREE GULLY near KATHRYN
FERNTREE GULLY NR KATHRYN		 177,917,406 177.9M 939 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 Knoxfield. 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: 6. 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
    174 — BURWOOD Highway / SCORESBY
    BURWOOD HWY/SCORESBY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #501
    -37.876389, 145.257657
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  2. 2
    377 — Ferntree Gully / Ent Bunnings (Knox)
    FERNTREE GULLY/ENT BUNNINGS (KNOX)
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #708
    -37.897608, 145.24315
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  3. 3
    159 — BURWOOD Highway / LAKEWOOD
    BURWOOD HWY/LAKEWOOD
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #798
    -37.875027, 145.253614
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  4. 4
    459 — Ferntree Gully / Scoresby
    FERNTREE GULLY/SCORESBY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #852
    -37.891967, 145.257601
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  5. 5
    384 — Ferntree Gully / Henderson / Street Laurent
    FERNTREE GULLY/HENDERSON/ST LAURENT
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #867
    -37.896443, 145.247043
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  6. 6
    1185 — FERNTREE GULLY near KATHRYN
    FERNTREE GULLY NR KATHRYN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #939
    -37.895314, 145.249097
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

BURWOOD Highway / SCORESBY
226,208,792 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Knoxfield ranks #151 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
174 BURWOOD Highway / SCORESBY BURWOOD HWY/SCORESBY 226,208,792 3180 Open
377 Ferntree Gully / Ent Bunnings (Knox) FERNTREE GULLY/ENT BUNNINGS (KNOX) 201,838,023 3180 Open
159 BURWOOD Highway / LAKEWOOD BURWOOD HWY/LAKEWOOD 192,741,528 3180 Open
459 Ferntree Gully / Scoresby FERNTREE GULLY/SCORESBY 186,627,902 3180 Open
384 Ferntree Gully / Henderson / Street Laurent FERNTREE GULLY/HENDERSON/ST LAURENT 185,255,716 3180 Open
1185 FERNTREE GULLY near KATHRYN FERNTREE GULLY NR KATHRYN 177,917,406 3180 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