Oakleigh
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: #148
SCATS sites: 11
Postcode(s): 3166
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Oakleigh contains 11 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,192,577,111 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,192.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Oakleigh is Princes Highway East / ATKINSON, with 276,867,487 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,192.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
11Mapped SCATS sites
#148Melbourne suburb movement rank
108,416,101Average 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 Oakleigh

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2426 Princes Highway East / ATKINSON
PHE/ATKINSON		 276,867,487 276.9M 264 Map
2 3691 Warrigal / Atherton
WARRIGAL/ATHERTON		 264,528,264 264.5M 308 Map
3 2427 Princes Highway East / FERNTREE GULLY
PHE/FERNTREE GULLY		 216,632,973 216.6M 563 Map
4 3692 WARRIGAL near KANGAROO
WARRIGAL NR KANGAROO		 156,235,433 156.2M 1192 Map
5 4691 Atherton / Atkinson / Hanover
ATHERTON/ATKINSON/HANOVER		 137,138,213 137.1M 1498 Map
6 4718 HUNTINGDALE near STAFFORD
HUNTINGDALE NR STAFFORD		 41,641,748 41.6M 3741 Map
7 2957 Atherton / Station
ATHERTON/STATION		 38,938,303 38.9M 3797 Map
8 2291 Atkinson St near Dalgety St
Atkinson St near Dalgety St		 23,883,812 23.9M 4108 Map
9 4690 ATHERTON near DRUMMOND
ATHERTON NR DRUMMOND		 13,738,406 13.7M 4292 Map
10 3046 PORTMAN near EATON
PORTMAN NR EATON		 11,956,391 12.0M 4328 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 Oakleigh. 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
    2426 — Princes Highway East / ATKINSON
    PRINCES HWY EAST/ATKINSON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #264
    -37.893783, 145.093348
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  2. 2
    3691 — Warrigal / Atherton
    WARRIGAL/ATHERTON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #308
    -37.898421, 145.087377
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  3. 3
    2427 — Princes Highway East / FERNTREE GULLY
    PRINCES HWY EAST/FERNTREE GULLY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #563
    -37.896255, 145.098028
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  4. 4
    3692 — WARRIGAL near KANGAROO
    WARRIGAL NR KANGAROO
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1192
    -37.901823, 145.086534
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  5. 5
    4691 — Atherton / Atkinson / Hanover
    ATHERTON/ATKINSON/HANOVER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1498
    -37.899033, 145.092335
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  6. 6
    4718 — HUNTINGDALE near STAFFORD
    HUNTINGDALE NR STAFFORD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3741
    -37.909683, 145.103765
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  7. 7
    2957 — Atherton / Station
    ATHERTON/STATION
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3797
    -37.898581, 145.088739
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  8. 8
    2291 — Atkinson St near Dalgety St
    Atkinson St near Dalgety St
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4108
    -37.890607, 145.093906
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  9. 9
    4690 — ATHERTON near DRUMMOND
    ATHERTON NR DRUMMOND
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4292
    -37.898747, 145.090155
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  10. 10
    3046 — PORTMAN near EATON
    PORTMAN NR EATON
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4328
    -37.90014, 145.089898
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  11. 11
    3045 — CHESTER near EATON
    CHESTER NR EATON
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.899503, 145.090016
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Princes Highway East / ATKINSON
276,867,487 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Oakleigh ranks #148 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
2426 Princes Highway East / ATKINSON PRINCES HWY EAST/ATKINSON 276,867,487 3166 Open
3691 Warrigal / Atherton WARRIGAL/ATHERTON 264,528,264 3166 Open
2427 Princes Highway East / FERNTREE GULLY PRINCES HWY EAST/FERNTREE GULLY 216,632,973 3166 Open
3692 WARRIGAL near KANGAROO WARRIGAL NR KANGAROO 156,235,433 3166 Open
4691 Atherton / Atkinson / Hanover ATHERTON/ATKINSON/HANOVER 137,138,213 3166 Open
4718 HUNTINGDALE near STAFFORD HUNTINGDALE NR STAFFORD 41,641,748 3166 Open
2957 Atherton / Station ATHERTON/STATION 38,938,303 3166 Open
2291 Atkinson St near Dalgety St Atkinson St near Dalgety St 23,883,812 3166 Open
4690 ATHERTON near DRUMMOND ATHERTON NR DRUMMOND 13,738,406 3166 Open
3046 PORTMAN near EATON PORTMAN NR EATON 11,956,391 3166 Open
3045 CHESTER near EATON CHESTER NR EATON 11,016,081 3166 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