Ocean Grove
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: #335
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3226
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Suburb Map

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Ocean Grove suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Ocean Grove contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 267,265,756 vehicle movements, or approximately 267.3M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Ocean Grove is Grubb / Empress, with 67,883,249 recorded movements across the historical period.

267.3MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#335Melbourne suburb movement rank
44,544,292Average 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 Ocean Grove

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5178 Grubb / Empress
GRUBB/EMPRESS		 67,883,249 67.9M 3114 Map
2 5348 Shell Road / Bellarine Aquatic Centre
SHELL ROAD / BELLARINE AQUATIC CENTRE		 49,483,780 49.5M 3553 Map
3 5355 Drysdale-Ocean Grove Road / Marlin Dr
DRYSDALE-OCEAN GROVE RD/MARLIN DR		 45,109,301 45.1M 3657 Map
4 5216 Hodgson / The Terrace
HODGSON/THE TERRACE		 44,309,199 44.3M 3679 Map
5 5417 Grubb Road / Coastal Blvd
Grubb Road/Coastal Blvd		 39,365,417 39.4M 3793 Map
6 5413 Barwon Heads -Ocean Grove (Orton) / Presidents
Barwon Heads -Ocean Grove (Orton) / Presidents		 21,114,810 21.1M 4154 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 Ocean Grove. 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.

Provider: Google Maps circle overlays · Sensors plotted: 6. For PDF export, you will usually get a better result by replacing this live map with a static PNG screenshot.

Mapped SCATS sensors

  1. 1
    5178 — Grubb / Empress
    GRUBB/EMPRESS
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3114
    -38.239486, 144.539211
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  2. 2
    5348 — Shell Road / Bellarine Aquatic Centre
    SHELL ROAD / BELLARINE AQUATIC CENTRE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3553
    -38.258216, 144.541092
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  3. 3
    5355 — Drysdale-Ocean Grove Road / Marlin Dr
    DRYSDALE-OCEAN GROVE RD/MARLIN DR
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3657
    -38.259939, 144.535186
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  4. 4
    5216 — Hodgson / The Terrace
    HODGSON/THE TERRACE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3679
    -38.26788, 144.524632
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  5. 5
    5417 — Grubb Road / Coastal Blvd
    Grubb Road/Coastal Blvd
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3793
    -38.246725, 144.537796
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  6. 6
    5413 — Barwon Heads -Ocean Grove (Orton) / Presidents
    Barwon Heads -Ocean Grove (Orton) / Presidents
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4154
    -38.269626, 144.52121
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Grubb / Empress
67,883,249 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Ocean Grove ranks #335 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
5178 Grubb / Empress GRUBB/EMPRESS 67,883,249 3226 Open
5348 Shell Road / Bellarine Aquatic Centre SHELL ROAD / BELLARINE AQUATIC CENTRE 49,483,780 3226 Open
5355 Drysdale-Ocean Grove Road / Marlin Dr DRYSDALE-OCEAN GROVE RD/MARLIN DR 45,109,301 3226 Open
5216 Hodgson / The Terrace HODGSON/THE TERRACE 44,309,199 3226 Open
5417 Grubb Road / Coastal Blvd Grubb Road/Coastal Blvd 39,365,417 3226 Open
5413 Barwon Heads -Ocean Grove (Orton) / Presidents Barwon Heads -Ocean Grove (Orton) / Presidents 21,114,810 3226 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