Northcote
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: #49
SCATS sites: 19
Postcode(s): 3070, 3078
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Suburb Map

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Northcote suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Northcote contains 19 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 2,952,074,800 vehicle movements, or approximately 2,952.1M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Northcote is St Georges / Merri / Charles, with 375,708,270 recorded movements across the historical period.

2,952.1MTotal mapped vehicle movements
19Mapped SCATS sites
#49Melbourne suburb movement rank
155,372,357Average 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 Northcote

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3671 St Georges / Merri / Charles
ST GEORGES/MERRI/CHARLES		 375,708,270 375.7M 70 Map
2 4155 HIGH near WALKER
HIGH NR WALKER		 365,437,068 365.4M 84 Map
3 4668 St Georges / Arthurton
ST GEORGES/ARTHURTON		 255,100,087 255.1M 348 Map
4 4676 ST GEORGES near WESTBOURNE
ST GEORGES NR WESTBOURNE		 227,175,147 227.2M 493 Map
5 4682 High / Westgarth
HIGH/WESTGARTH		 222,394,479 222.4M 530 Map
6 4685 ST GEORGES near BEAVERS
ST GEORGES NR BEAVERS		 163,980,765 164.0M 1104 Map
7 4665 ST GEORGES near SUMNER
ST GEORGES NR SUMNER		 158,504,029 158.5M 1169 Map
8 4681 High / Clarke
HIGH/CLARKE		 155,618,796 155.6M 1202 Map
9 4657 HIGH near LAWRY
HIGH NR LAWRY		 141,509,546 141.5M 1421 Map
10 3305 Heidelberg / Yarra Bend / Jeffrey
HEIDELBERG/YARRA BEND/JEFFREY		 141,152,811 141.2M 1430 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 Northcote. 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
    3671 — St Georges / Merri / Charles
    ST GEORGES/MERRI/CHARLES
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #70
    -37.776519, 144.98974
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  2. 2
    4155 — HIGH near WALKER
    HIGH NR WALKER
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #84
    -37.78381, 144.996148
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  3. 3
    4668 — St Georges / Arthurton
    ST GEORGES/ARTHURTON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #348
    -37.768451, 144.991602
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  4. 4
    4676 — ST GEORGES near WESTBOURNE
    ST GEORGES NR WESTBOURNE
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #493
    -37.77383, 144.990481
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  5. 5
    4682 — High / Westgarth
    HIGH/WESTGARTH
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #530
    -37.781032, 144.99669
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  6. 6
    4685 — ST GEORGES near BEAVERS
    ST GEORGES NR BEAVERS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1104
    -37.765528, 144.992197
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  7. 7
    4665 — ST GEORGES near SUMNER
    ST GEORGES NR SUMNER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1169
    -37.771115, 144.991035
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  8. 8
    4681 — High / Clarke
    HIGH/CLARKE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1202
    -37.776567, 144.997547
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  9. 9
    4657 — HIGH near LAWRY
    HIGH NR LAWRY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1421
    -37.770425, 144.998796
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  10. 10
    3305 — Heidelberg / Yarra Bend / Jeffrey
    HEIDELBERG/YARRA BEND/JEFFREY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1430
    -37.784078, 145.00963
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  11. 11
    4662 — High / Darebin
    HIGH/DAREBIN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.76326, 144.999818
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  12. 12
    4669 — High / Separation / Arthurton
    HIGH/SEPARATION/ARTHURTON
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.769346, 144.999019
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  13. 13
    4664 — Darebin / Victoria
    DAREBIN/VICTORIA
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.764628, 145.012267
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  14. 14
    4679 — HIGH near MITCHELL
    HIGH NR MITCHELL
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.772027, 144.998465
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  15. 15
    4678 — High / Dennis
    HIGH/DENNIS
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.765655, 144.999399
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  16. 16
    4680 — HIGH near WESTBOURNE
    HIGH NR WESTBOURNE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.774787, 144.997902
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  17. 17
    2970 — Victoria / Westgarth / Jeffrey
    VICTORIA/WESTGARTH/JEFFREY
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.78263, 145.009596
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  18. 18
    2069 — Merri Parade near Union Street
    Merri Parade near Union Street
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.778473, 144.990623
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  19. 19
    4683 — WESTGARTH near GREEN
    WESTGARTH NR GREEN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.78212, 145.00551
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

St Georges / Merri / Charles
375,708,270 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Northcote ranks #49 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
3671 St Georges / Merri / Charles ST GEORGES/MERRI/CHARLES 375,708,270 3070 Open
4155 HIGH near WALKER HIGH NR WALKER 365,437,068 3070 Open
4668 St Georges / Arthurton ST GEORGES/ARTHURTON 255,100,087 3070 Open
4676 ST GEORGES near WESTBOURNE ST GEORGES NR WESTBOURNE 227,175,147 3070 Open
4682 High / Westgarth HIGH/WESTGARTH 222,394,479 3070 Open
4685 ST GEORGES near BEAVERS ST GEORGES NR BEAVERS 163,980,765 3070 Open
4665 ST GEORGES near SUMNER ST GEORGES NR SUMNER 158,504,029 3070 Open
4681 High / Clarke HIGH/CLARKE 155,618,796 3070 Open
4657 HIGH near LAWRY HIGH NR LAWRY 141,509,546 3070 Open
3305 Heidelberg / Yarra Bend / Jeffrey HEIDELBERG/YARRA BEND/JEFFREY 141,152,811 3078 Open
4662 High / Darebin HIGH/DAREBIN 115,770,039 3070 Open
4669 High / Separation / Arthurton HIGH/SEPARATION/ARTHURTON 115,370,770 3070 Open
4664 Darebin / Victoria DAREBIN/VICTORIA 106,518,770 3070 Open
4679 HIGH near MITCHELL HIGH NR MITCHELL 99,137,658 3070 Open
4678 High / Dennis HIGH/DENNIS 91,294,153 3070 Open
4680 HIGH near WESTBOURNE HIGH NR WESTBOURNE 83,567,729 3070 Open
2970 Victoria / Westgarth / Jeffrey VICTORIA/WESTGARTH/JEFFREY 80,585,143 3070 Open
2069 Merri Parade near Union Street Merri Parade near Union Street 53,230,507 3070 Open
4683 WESTGARTH near GREEN WESTGARTH NR GREEN 19,033 3070 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