Mitcham
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: #108
SCATS sites: 11
Postcode(s): 3132
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Mitcham contains 11 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,606,353,272 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,606.4M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Mitcham is Maroondah / Mitcham, with 336,243,923 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,606.4MTotal mapped vehicle movements
11Mapped SCATS sites
#108Melbourne suburb movement rank
146,032,115Average 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 Mitcham

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 121 Maroondah / Mitcham
MAROONDAH/MITCHAM		 336,243,923 336.2M 118 Map
2 105 Maroondah / Cochrane / Cook
MAROONDAH/COCHRANE/COOK		 215,643,400 215.6M 571 Map
3 124 Maroondah / Deep Creek
MAROONDAH/DEEP CREEK		 201,751,952 201.8M 710 Map
4 125 Maroondah / Heatherdale / Dampier
MAROONDAH/HEATHERDALE/DAMPIER		 201,486,024 201.5M 711 Map
5 112 Maroondah / Station
MAROONDAH/STATION		 181,113,685 181.1M 915 Map
6 343 Mitcham / Springfield
MITCHAM/SPRINGFIELD		 114,348,410 114.3M 1942 Map
7 345 Mitcham / Doncaster East
MITCHAM/DONCASTER EAST		 102,405,034 102.4M 2239 Map
8 346 Mitcham / Victoria
MITCHAM/VICTORIA		 82,317,546 82.3M 2727 Map
9 108 Mitcham / Brunswick / Culcutta
MITCHAM/BRUNSWICK/CULCUTTA		 82,298,903 82.3M 2728 Map
10 582 MITCHAM near ORIENT
MITCHAM NR ORIENT		 73,540,411 73.5M 2958 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 Mitcham. 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
    121 — Maroondah / Mitcham
    MAROONDAH/MITCHAM
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #118
    -37.816367, 145.193659
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  2. 2
    105 — Maroondah / Cochrane / Cook
    MAROONDAH/COCHRANE/COOK
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #571
    -37.81611, 145.202051
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  3. 3
    124 — Maroondah / Deep Creek
    MAROONDAH/DEEP CREEK
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #710
    -37.816708, 145.207594
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  4. 4
    125 — Maroondah / Heatherdale / Dampier
    MAROONDAH/HEATHERDALE/DAMPIER
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #711
    -37.817221, 145.213371
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  5. 5
    112 — Maroondah / Station
    MAROONDAH/STATION
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #915
    -37.816562, 145.19231
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  6. 6
    343 — Mitcham / Springfield
    MITCHAM/SPRINGFIELD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1942
    -37.806415, 145.190883
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  7. 7
    345 — Mitcham / Doncaster East
    MITCHAM/DONCASTER EAST
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2239
    -37.808937, 145.192865
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  8. 8
    346 — Mitcham / Victoria
    MITCHAM/VICTORIA
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2727
    -37.81495, 145.193537
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  9. 9
    108 — Mitcham / Brunswick / Culcutta
    MITCHAM/BRUNSWICK/CULCUTTA
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2728
    -37.817863, 145.193789
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  10. 10
    582 — MITCHAM near ORIENT
    MITCHAM NR ORIENT
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2958
    -37.82766, 145.1946
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  11. 11
    349 — ROOKS near CARWEEN
    ROOKS NR CARWEEN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.827299, 145.185678
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Maroondah / Mitcham
336,243,923 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Mitcham ranks #108 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
121 Maroondah / Mitcham MAROONDAH/MITCHAM 336,243,923 3132 Open
105 Maroondah / Cochrane / Cook MAROONDAH/COCHRANE/COOK 215,643,400 3132 Open
124 Maroondah / Deep Creek MAROONDAH/DEEP CREEK 201,751,952 3132 Open
125 Maroondah / Heatherdale / Dampier MAROONDAH/HEATHERDALE/DAMPIER 201,486,024 3132 Open
112 Maroondah / Station MAROONDAH/STATION 181,113,685 3132 Open
343 Mitcham / Springfield MITCHAM/SPRINGFIELD 114,348,410 3132 Open
345 Mitcham / Doncaster East MITCHAM/DONCASTER EAST 102,405,034 3132 Open
346 Mitcham / Victoria MITCHAM/VICTORIA 82,317,546 3132 Open
108 Mitcham / Brunswick / Culcutta MITCHAM/BRUNSWICK/CULCUTTA 82,298,903 3132 Open
582 MITCHAM near ORIENT MITCHAM NR ORIENT 73,540,411 3132 Open
349 ROOKS near CARWEEN ROOKS NR CARWEEN 15,203,984 3132 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