Melton South
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: #319
SCATS sites: 4
Postcode(s): 3338
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Suburb Map

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Melton South suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Melton South contains 4 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 324,080,293 vehicle movements, or approximately 324.1M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Melton South is Exford / Streetaughton, with 105,616,168 recorded movements across the historical period.

324.1MTotal mapped vehicle movements
4Mapped SCATS sites
#319Melbourne suburb movement rank
81,020,073Average 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 Melton South

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 4979 Exford / Streetaughton
EXFORD/STAUGHTON		 105,616,168 105.6M 2164 Map
2 2661 Coburns / Richard
COBURNS/RICHARD		 101,411,614 101.4M 2270 Map
3 2662 Station / Richard
STATION/RICHARD		 68,480,994 68.5M 3094 Map
4 4980 EXFORD near MORSHEAD
EXFORD NR MORSHEAD		 48,571,517 48.6M 3580 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 Melton South. 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
    4979 — Exford / Streetaughton
    EXFORD/STAUGHTON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2164
    -37.704597, 144.574756
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  2. 2
    2661 — Coburns / Richard
    COBURNS/RICHARD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2270
    -37.694291, 144.566338
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  3. 3
    2662 — Station / Richard
    STATION/RICHARD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3094
    -37.695675, 144.576443
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  4. 4
    4980 — EXFORD near MORSHEAD
    EXFORD NR MORSHEAD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3580
    -37.708506, 144.574018
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Exford / Streetaughton
105,616,168 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Melton South ranks #319 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
4979 Exford / Streetaughton EXFORD/STAUGHTON 105,616,168 3338 Open
2661 Coburns / Richard COBURNS/RICHARD 101,411,614 3338 Open
2662 Station / Richard STATION/RICHARD 68,480,994 3338 Open
4980 EXFORD near MORSHEAD EXFORD NR MORSHEAD 48,571,517 3338 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