North Geelong
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: #203
SCATS sites: 8
Postcode(s): 3215
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Suburb Map

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North Geelong suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

North Geelong contains 8 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 775,615,512 vehicle movements, or approximately 775.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in North Geelong is Corio-Waurn Ponds / Mackey, with 248,198,222 recorded movements across the historical period.

775.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
8Mapped SCATS sites
#203Melbourne suburb movement rank
96,951,939Average 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 North Geelong

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5013 Corio-Waurn Ponds / Mackey
CORIO-WAURN PONDS / MACKEY		 248,198,222 248.2M 380 Map
2 5103 MIDLAND Highway / SHANNON / THOMPSON
MIDLAND HWY/SHANNON/THOMPSON		 137,013,290 137.0M 1500 Map
3 5104 MIDLAND Highway near STODDART
MIDLAND HWY NR STODDART		 111,139,752 111.1M 2017 Map
4 5226 MIDLAND Highway (CHURCH) / WEDDELL
MIDLAND HWY (CHURCH)/WEDDELL		 101,401,245 101.4M 2272 Map
5 5102 MIDLAND Highway / CHURCH
MIDLAND HWY/CHURCH		 93,830,159 93.8M 2452 Map
6 5085 Thompson / Victoria
THOMPSON/VICTORIA		 69,670,378 69.7M 3074 Map
7 5436 Corio Quay Road / Geelong Port Access Road
CORIO QUAY ROAD/ GEELONG PORT ACCESS ROAD		 14,295,886 14.3M 4285 Map
8 5101 Separation / Douro
SEPARATION/DOURO		 66,580 0.1M 4578 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 North Geelong. 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
    5013 — Corio-Waurn Ponds / Mackey
    CORIO-WAURN PONDS / MACKEY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #380
    -38.114981, 144.354599
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  2. 2
    5103 — MIDLAND Highway / SHANNON / THOMPSON
    MIDLAND HWY/SHANNON/THOMPSON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1500
    -38.12687, 144.339325
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  3. 3
    5104 — MIDLAND Highway near STODDART
    MIDLAND HWY NR STODDART
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2017
    -38.123768, 144.336741
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  4. 4
    5226 — MIDLAND Highway (CHURCH) / WEDDELL
    MIDLAND HWY (CHURCH)/WEDDELL
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2272
    -38.131418, 144.344633
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  5. 5
    5102 — MIDLAND Highway / CHURCH
    MIDLAND HWY/CHURCH
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2452
    -38.131091, 144.342952
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  6. 6
    5085 — Thompson / Victoria
    THOMPSON/VICTORIA
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3074
    -38.121766, 144.341271
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  7. 7
    5436 — Corio Quay Road / Geelong Port Access Road
    CORIO QUAY ROAD/ GEELONG PORT ACCESS ROAD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4285
    -38.106825, 144.357963
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  8. 8
    5101 — Separation / Douro
    SEPARATION/DOURO
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4578
    -38.111559, 144.349801
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Corio-Waurn Ponds / Mackey
248,198,222 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

North Geelong ranks #203 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
5013 Corio-Waurn Ponds / Mackey CORIO-WAURN PONDS / MACKEY 248,198,222 3215 Open
5103 MIDLAND Highway / SHANNON / THOMPSON MIDLAND HWY/SHANNON/THOMPSON 137,013,290 3215 Open
5104 MIDLAND Highway near STODDART MIDLAND HWY NR STODDART 111,139,752 3215 Open
5226 MIDLAND Highway (CHURCH) / WEDDELL MIDLAND HWY (CHURCH)/WEDDELL 101,401,245 3215 Open
5102 MIDLAND Highway / CHURCH MIDLAND HWY/CHURCH 93,830,159 3215 Open
5085 Thompson / Victoria THOMPSON/VICTORIA 69,670,378 3215 Open
5436 Corio Quay Road / Geelong Port Access Road CORIO QUAY ROAD/ GEELONG PORT ACCESS ROAD 14,295,886 3215 Open
5101 Separation / Douro SEPARATION/DOURO 66,580 3215 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