Lara
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: #380
SCATS sites: 4
Postcode(s): 3212
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Suburb Map

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Lara suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Lara contains 4 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 141,331,531 vehicle movements, or approximately 141.3M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Lara is Geelong-Bacchus Marsh / Princes Hw (Grr), with 75,428,922 recorded movements across the historical period.

141.3MTotal mapped vehicle movements
4Mapped SCATS sites
#380Melbourne suburb movement rank
35,332,882Average 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 Lara

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5134 Geelong-Bacchus Marsh / Princes Hw (Grr)
GEELONG-BACCHUS MARSH/PRINCES HW (GRR)		 75,428,922 75.4M 2910 Map
2 5012 Station Lake / Waverley
STATION LAKE / WAVERLEY		 42,926,606 42.9M 3706 Map
3 5375 FOREST near LAKE
FOREST NR LAKE		 11,845,788 11.8M 4330 Map
4 5378 Broderick - Heales Rd Corio
Broderick - Heales Rd Corio		 11,130,215 11.1M 4346 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 Lara. 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: 4. 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
    5134 — Geelong-Bacchus Marsh / Princes Hw (Grr)
    GEELONG-BACCHUS MARSH/PRINCES HW (GRR)
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2910
    -38.058606, 144.358449
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  2. 2
    5012 — Station Lake / Waverley
    STATION LAKE / WAVERLEY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3706
    -38.023744, 144.408713
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  3. 3
    5375 — FOREST near LAKE
    FOREST NR LAKE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4330
    -38.03042, 144.395054
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  4. 4
    5378 — Broderick - Heales Rd Corio
    Broderick - Heales Rd Corio
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4346
    -38.05065, 144.379925
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Geelong-Bacchus Marsh / Princes Hw (Grr)
75,428,922 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Lara ranks #380 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
5134 Geelong-Bacchus Marsh / Princes Hw (Grr) GEELONG-BACCHUS MARSH/PRINCES HW (GRR) 75,428,922 3212 Open
5012 Station Lake / Waverley STATION LAKE / WAVERLEY 42,926,606 3212 Open
5375 FOREST near LAKE FOREST NR LAKE 11,845,788 3212 Open
5378 Broderick - Heales Rd Corio Broderick - Heales Rd Corio 11,130,215 3212 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