Lysterfield
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: #285
SCATS sites: 3
Postcode(s): 3156
I’m your local mate with a few trailers right next to The West Gate Freeway!

Suburb Map

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Lysterfield suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Lysterfield contains 3 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 415,788,718 vehicle movements, or approximately 415.8M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Lysterfield is NAPOLEON near LAKESFIELD, with 212,473,871 recorded movements across the historical period.

415.8MTotal mapped vehicle movements
3Mapped SCATS sites
#285Melbourne suburb movement rank
138,596,239Average 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 Lysterfield

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 939 NAPOLEON near LAKESFIELD
NAPOLEON NR LAKESFIELD		 212,473,871 212.5M 598 Map
2 1081 Kelletts / Napoleon
KELLETTS/NAPOLEON		 118,027,763 118.0M 1851 Map
3 1147 Lysterfield / Wellington
LYSTERFIELD/WELLINGTON		 85,287,084 85.3M 2653 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 Lysterfield. 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
    939 — NAPOLEON near LAKESFIELD
    NAPOLEON NR LAKESFIELD
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #598
    -37.910853, 145.274843
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  2. 2
    1081 — Kelletts / Napoleon
    KELLETTS/NAPOLEON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1851
    -37.913326, 145.272431
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  3. 3
    1147 — Lysterfield / Wellington
    LYSTERFIELD/WELLINGTON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2653
    -37.9334, 145.303791
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

NAPOLEON near LAKESFIELD
212,473,871 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Lysterfield ranks #285 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
939 NAPOLEON near LAKESFIELD NAPOLEON NR LAKESFIELD 212,473,871 3156 Open
1081 Kelletts / Napoleon KELLETTS/NAPOLEON 118,027,763 3156 Open
1147 Lysterfield / Wellington LYSTERFIELD/WELLINGTON 85,287,084 3156 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