Mentone
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: #60
SCATS sites: 18
Postcode(s): 3193, 3194, 3195
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Mentone contains 18 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 2,532,580,267 vehicle movements, or approximately 2,532.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Mentone is Nepean / Warrigal / Balcombe, with 415,125,460 recorded movements across the historical period.

2,532.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
18Mapped SCATS sites
#60Melbourne suburb movement rank
140,698,903Average 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 Mentone

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2329 Nepean / Warrigal / Balcombe
NEPEAN/WARRIGAL/BALCOMBE		 415,125,460 415.1M 39 Map
2 2330 Nepean / Lwr Dandenong
NEPEAN/LWR DANDENONG		 281,107,962 281.1M 244 Map
3 2352 NEPEAN Highway near LATROBE
NEPEAN HWY NR LATROBE		 264,891,347 264.9M 305 Map
4 2354 NEPEAN Highway / BUNNINGS ACCESS
NEPEAN HWY/BUNNINGS ACCESS		 234,298,954 234.3M 446 Map
5 3710 NEPEAN near THIRD / THRIFT PARK
NEPEAN NR THIRD/THRIFT PARK		 220,874,051 220.9M 541 Map
6 4645 Lwr Dandenong / Thrift Park Exit
LWR DANDENONG/THRIFT PARK EXIT		 144,925,060 144.9M 1366 Map
7 4873 BALCOMBE near COMO PDE WEST
BALCOMBE NR COMO PDE WEST		 130,566,859 130.6M 1588 Map
8 4641 Balcombe / Swanston
BALCOMBE/SWANSTON		 128,518,250 128.5M 1631 Map
9 4646 Lwr Dandenong / Warren
LWR DANDENONG/WARREN		 116,909,834 116.9M 1882 Map
10 3035 BEACH near NAPLES
BEACH NR NAPLES		 109,375,436 109.4M 2062 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 Mentone. 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
    2329 — Nepean / Warrigal / Balcombe
    NEPEAN/WARRIGAL/BALCOMBE
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #39
    -37.982174, 145.071351
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  2. 2
    2330 — Nepean / Lwr Dandenong
    NEPEAN/LWR DANDENONG
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #244
    -37.982594, 145.074113
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  3. 3
    2352 — NEPEAN Highway near LATROBE
    NEPEAN HWY NR LATROBE
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #305
    -37.975005, 145.065274
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  4. 4
    2354 — NEPEAN Highway / BUNNINGS ACCESS
    NEPEAN HWY/BUNNINGS ACCESS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #446
    -37.977182, 145.067051
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  5. 5
    3710 — NEPEAN near THIRD / THRIFT PARK
    NEPEAN NR THIRD/THRIFT PARK
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #541
    -37.984114, 145.07607
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  6. 6
    4645 — Lwr Dandenong / Thrift Park Exit
    LWR DANDENONG/THRIFT PARK EXIT
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1366
    -37.982741, 145.077658
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  7. 7
    4873 — BALCOMBE near COMO PDE WEST
    BALCOMBE NR COMO PDE WEST
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1588
    -37.981258, 145.064385
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  8. 8
    4641 — Balcombe / Swanston
    BALCOMBE/SWANSTON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1631
    -37.981363, 145.065587
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  9. 9
    4646 — Lwr Dandenong / Warren
    LWR DANDENONG/WARREN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1882
    -37.984785, 145.094264
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  10. 10
    3035 — BEACH near NAPLES
    BEACH NR NAPLES
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2062
    -37.988732, 145.059842
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  11. 11
    4644 — LWR DANDENONG near IVY
    LWR DANDENONG NR IVY
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.983638, 145.084777
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  12. 12
    3708 — BEACH near DIXON
    BEACH NR DIXON
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.992653, 145.066565
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  13. 13
    4640 — Balcombe / Charman
    BALCOMBE/CHARMAN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.97978, 145.053044
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  14. 14
    3711 — Warrigal / Oak / Voltri
    WARRIGAL/OAK/VOLTRI
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.974843, 145.072757
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  15. 15
    2472 — Balcombe Road / Como Parade
    Balcombe Road / Como Parade
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.981236, 145.064497
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  16. 16
    3287 — Balcombe Road / Davies Street
    Balcombe Road / Davies Street
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.980924, 145.061981
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  17. 17
    2074 — Como Parade West, South of Mentone Parade
    Como Parade West, South of Mentone Parade
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.983061, 145.065472
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  18. 18
    4642 — LWR DANDENONG near MCSWAIN
    LWR DANDENONG NR MCSWAIN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.984267, 145.089993
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Nepean / Warrigal / Balcombe
415,125,460 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Mentone ranks #60 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
2329 Nepean / Warrigal / Balcombe NEPEAN/WARRIGAL/BALCOMBE 415,125,460 3194 Open
2330 Nepean / Lwr Dandenong NEPEAN/LWR DANDENONG 281,107,962 3194 Open
2352 NEPEAN Highway near LATROBE NEPEAN HWY NR LATROBE 264,891,347 3194 Open
2354 NEPEAN Highway / BUNNINGS ACCESS NEPEAN HWY/BUNNINGS ACCESS 234,298,954 3194 Open
3710 NEPEAN near THIRD / THRIFT PARK NEPEAN NR THIRD/THRIFT PARK 220,874,051 3194 Open
4645 Lwr Dandenong / Thrift Park Exit LWR DANDENONG/THRIFT PARK EXIT 144,925,060 3194 Open
4873 BALCOMBE near COMO PDE WEST BALCOMBE NR COMO PDE WEST 130,566,859 3194 Open
4641 Balcombe / Swanston BALCOMBE/SWANSTON 128,518,250 3194 Open
4646 Lwr Dandenong / Warren LWR DANDENONG/WARREN 116,909,834 3195 Open
3035 BEACH near NAPLES BEACH NR NAPLES 109,375,436 3194 Open
4644 LWR DANDENONG near IVY LWR DANDENONG NR IVY 102,261,230 3195 Open
3708 BEACH near DIXON BEACH NR DIXON 95,629,276 3194 Open
4640 Balcombe / Charman BALCOMBE/CHARMAN 92,682,378 3193 Open
3711 Warrigal / Oak / Voltri WARRIGAL/OAK/VOLTRI 91,714,722 3194 Open
2472 Balcombe Road / Como Parade Balcombe Road / Como Parade 44,130,183 3194 Open
3287 Balcombe Road / Davies Street Balcombe Road / Davies Street 42,603,801 3194 Open
2074 Como Parade West, South of Mentone Parade Como Parade West, South of Mentone Parade 16,965,396 3194 Open
4642 LWR DANDENONG near MCSWAIN LWR DANDENONG NR MCSWAIN 68 3195 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