Melbourne Airport Traffic Intelligence Profile | Melbourne SCATS Intelligence

Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Melbourne Airport contains 10 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,171,543,016 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,171.5M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Melbourne Airport is Airport / Centre, with 326,298,524 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,171.5MTotal mapped vehicle movements

10Mapped SCATS sites

#150Melbourne suburb movement rank

117,154,301Average 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 Melbourne Airport

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#	SCATS ID	Location	Total movements	Millions	Rank	Map
1	4975	Airport / Centre AIRPORT/CENTRE	326,298,524	326.3M	134	Map
2	4976	Melbourne / Centre MELBOURNE/CENTRE	296,140,187	296.1M	195	Map
3	2649	Sharps / Airport SHARPS/AIRPORT	140,246,888	140.2M	1445	Map
4	2190	Melrose / Apac MELROSE/APAC	140,018,327	140.0M	1452	Map
5	2996	Melrose Drive / Grants Road / Centre Road MELROSE DRIVE/GRANTS ROAD/CENTRE ROAD	134,057,250	134.1M	1530	Map
6	1570	Airport Drive / Link Road AIRPORT DRIVE / LINK ROAD	84,321,525	84.3M	2668	Map
7	1571	Link Road / Watson Drive LINK ROAD / WATSON DRIVE	13,425,911	13.4M	4301	Map
8	2032	Grants Road / Taxi Parking Access GRANTS ROAD / TAXI PARKING ACCESS	12,534,674	12.5M	4315	Map
9	1582	Sky Road / Toll Access SKY ROAD / TOLL ACCESS	12,523,698	12.5M	4316	Map
10	2031	Grants Road / Service Road GRANTS ROAD / SERVICE ROAD	11,976,032	12.0M	4327	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 Melbourne Airport. 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
4975 — Airport / Centre
AIRPORT/CENTRE
Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #134
-37.673016, 144.852094
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2
4976 — Melbourne / Centre
MELBOURNE/CENTRE
Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #195
-37.670639, 144.853199
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3
2649 — Sharps / Airport
SHARPS/AIRPORT
Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1445
-37.706839, 144.867806
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4
2190 — Melrose / Apac
MELROSE/APAC
Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1452
-37.678237, 144.859242
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5
2996 — Melrose Drive / Grants Road / Centre Road
MELROSE DRIVE/GRANTS ROAD/CENTRE ROAD
Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1530
-37.675543, 144.852164
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6
1570 — Airport Drive / Link Road
AIRPORT DRIVE / LINK ROAD
Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2668
-37.693701, 144.864389
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7
1571 — Link Road / Watson Drive
LINK ROAD / WATSON DRIVE
Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4301
-37.692026, 144.868501
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8
2032 — Grants Road / Taxi Parking Access
GRANTS ROAD / TAXI PARKING ACCESS
Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4315
-37.677149, 144.849349
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9
1582 — Sky Road / Toll Access
SKY ROAD / TOLL ACCESS
Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4316
-37.697626, 144.86061
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10
2031 — Grants Road / Service Road
GRANTS ROAD / SERVICE ROAD
Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4327
-37.677154, 144.848764
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Airport / Centre
326,298,524 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Melbourne Airport ranks #150 among mapped Melbourne suburbs/localities by total SCATS movement volume in this generated suburb summary.

Likely Dominant Corridors

Airport
Grants
Melrose
Link
Melbourne
Sharps
Apac
Watson

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 ID	Friendly name	Official name	Total movements	Postcode	Map
4975	Airport / Centre	AIRPORT/CENTRE	326,298,524	3045	Open
4976	Melbourne / Centre	MELBOURNE/CENTRE	296,140,187	3045	Open
2649	Sharps / Airport	SHARPS/AIRPORT	140,246,888	3045	Open
2190	Melrose / Apac	MELROSE/APAC	140,018,327	3045	Open
2996	Melrose Drive / Grants Road / Centre Road	MELROSE DRIVE/GRANTS ROAD/CENTRE ROAD	134,057,250	3045	Open
1570	Airport Drive / Link Road	AIRPORT DRIVE / LINK ROAD	84,321,525	3045	Open
1571	Link Road / Watson Drive	LINK ROAD / WATSON DRIVE	13,425,911	3045	Open
2032	Grants Road / Taxi Parking Access	GRANTS ROAD / TAXI PARKING ACCESS	12,534,674	3045	Open
1582	Sky Road / Toll Access	SKY ROAD / TOLL ACCESS	12,523,698	3045	Open
2031	Grants Road / Service Road	GRANTS ROAD / SERVICE ROAD	11,976,032	3045	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.

Input suburb summary: suburb_summary_v1.json
Input site lookup: scats_site_suburb_lookup_cleaned_v1_4.csv
Suburb/locality profiles generated: 517
Mapped SCATS sites used in the suburb reporting layer: 4,427
Movement total represented by the mapped suburb profile layer: 532,181,076,069 movements
Time resolution: 15-minute intervals

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

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