Newtown
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: #206
SCATS sites: 8
Postcode(s): 3220
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Newtown contains 8 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 769,125,531 vehicle movements, or approximately 769.1M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Newtown is Corio-Waurn Ponds(Latrobe) / Kilgour / Noble, with 190,332,888 recorded movements across the historical period.

769.1MTotal mapped vehicle movements
8Mapped SCATS sites
#206Melbourne suburb movement rank
96,140,691Average 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 Newtown

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5021 Corio-Waurn Ponds(Latrobe) / Kilgour / Noble
CORIO-WAURN PONDS(LATROBE)/KILGOUR/NOBLE		 190,332,888 190.3M 819 Map
2 5302 HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / SHANNON
HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/SHANNON		 122,351,768 122.4M 1751 Map
3 5307 Shannon / Aphrasia
SHANNON/APHRASIA		 101,124,165 101.1M 2275 Map
4 5305 Shannon / West Fyans
SHANNON/WEST FYANS		 94,814,603 94.8M 2422 Map
5 5300 HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / PAKINGTON
HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/PAKINGTON		 82,743,107 82.7M 2714 Map
6 5306 Shannon / Noble
SHANNON/NOBLE		 70,465,962 70.5M 3055 Map
7 5308 HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / MINERVA
HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/MINERVA		 53,761,294 53.8M 3448 Map
8 5304 Pakington / West Fyans
PAKINGTON/WEST FYANS		 53,531,744 53.5M 3451 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 Newtown. 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
    5021 — Corio-Waurn Ponds(Latrobe) / Kilgour / Noble
    CORIO-WAURN PONDS(LATROBE)/KILGOUR/NOBLE
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #819
    -38.15462, 144.351252
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  2. 2
    5302 — HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / SHANNON
    HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/SHANNON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1751
    -38.145376, 144.335467
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  3. 3
    5307 — Shannon / Aphrasia
    SHANNON/APHRASIA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2275
    -38.149811, 144.334649
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  4. 4
    5305 — Shannon / West Fyans
    SHANNON/WEST FYANS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2422
    -38.158229, 144.333049
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  5. 5
    5300 — HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / PAKINGTON
    HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/PAKINGTON
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2714
    -38.14676, 144.347125
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  6. 6
    5306 — Shannon / Noble
    SHANNON/NOBLE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3055
    -38.152602, 144.334124
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  7. 7
    5308 — HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / MINERVA
    HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/MINERVA
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3448
    -38.14461, 144.329066
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  8. 8
    5304 — Pakington / West Fyans
    PAKINGTON/WEST FYANS
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3451
    -38.159581, 144.344731
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Corio-Waurn Ponds(Latrobe) / Kilgour / Noble
190,332,888 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Newtown ranks #206 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
5021 Corio-Waurn Ponds(Latrobe) / Kilgour / Noble CORIO-WAURN PONDS(LATROBE)/KILGOUR/NOBLE 190,332,888 3220 Open
5302 HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / SHANNON HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/SHANNON 122,351,768 3220 Open
5307 Shannon / Aphrasia SHANNON/APHRASIA 101,124,165 3220 Open
5305 Shannon / West Fyans SHANNON/WEST FYANS 94,814,603 3220 Open
5300 HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / PAKINGTON HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/PAKINGTON 82,743,107 3220 Open
5306 Shannon / Noble SHANNON/NOBLE 70,465,962 3220 Open
5308 HAMILTON Highway (ABERDEEN) / MINERVA HAMILTON HWY (ABERDEEN)/MINERVA 53,761,294 3220 Open
5304 Pakington / West Fyans PAKINGTON/WEST FYANS 53,531,744 3220 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