Parkdale
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: #188
SCATS sites: 8
Postcode(s): 3195
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Suburb Map

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Parkdale suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Parkdale contains 8 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 860,803,374 vehicle movements, or approximately 860.8M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Parkdale is Nepean / Parkers / Imes, with 205,743,265 recorded movements across the historical period.

860.8MTotal mapped vehicle movements
8Mapped SCATS sites
#188Melbourne suburb movement rank
107,600,421Average 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 Parkdale

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2331 Nepean / Parkers / Imes
NEPEAN/PARKERS/IMES		 205,743,265 205.7M 662 Map
2 3714 BEACH near ANTIBES
BEACH NR ANTIBES		 170,499,966 170.5M 1022 Map
3 2332 Nepean / White
NEPEAN/WHITE		 166,276,333 166.3M 1077 Map
4 4649 Lwr Dandenong / Southern
LWR DANDENONG/SOUTHERN		 110,567,113 110.6M 2031 Map
5 1192 WHITE near DAVEY
WHITE NR DAVEY		 85,210,545 85.2M 2654 Map
6 3651 WHITE near WARREN
WHITE NR WARREN		 84,762,026 84.8M 2664 Map
7 3040 BEACH near HERBERT
BEACH NR HERBERT		 33,039,050 33.0M 3927 Map
8 32152 Parkers Road between Como Parade East & West
Parkers Road between Como Parade East & West		 4,705,076 4.7M 4477 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 Parkdale. 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
    2331 — Nepean / Parkers / Imes
    NEPEAN/PARKERS/IMES
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #662
    -37.990709, 145.081351
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  2. 2
    3714 — BEACH near ANTIBES
    BEACH NR ANTIBES
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1022
    -37.995926, 145.071185
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  3. 3
    2332 — Nepean / White
    NEPEAN/WHITE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1077
    -37.998301, 145.083797
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  4. 4
    4649 — Lwr Dandenong / Southern
    LWR DANDENONG/SOUTHERN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2031
    -37.983947, 145.087339
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  5. 5
    1192 — WHITE near DAVEY
    WHITE NR DAVEY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2654
    -37.998699, 145.087081
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  6. 6
    3651 — WHITE near WARREN
    WHITE NR WARREN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2664
    -37.999125, 145.090588
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  7. 7
    3040 — BEACH near HERBERT
    BEACH NR HERBERT
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3927
    -38.000058, 145.07596
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  8. 8
    32152 — Parkers Road between Como Parade East & West
    Parkers Road between Como Parade East & West
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4477
    -37.993539, 145.077197
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Nepean / Parkers / Imes
205,743,265 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Parkdale ranks #188 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
2331 Nepean / Parkers / Imes NEPEAN/PARKERS/IMES 205,743,265 3195 Open
3714 BEACH near ANTIBES BEACH NR ANTIBES 170,499,966 3195 Open
2332 Nepean / White NEPEAN/WHITE 166,276,333 3195 Open
4649 Lwr Dandenong / Southern LWR DANDENONG/SOUTHERN 110,567,113 3195 Open
1192 WHITE near DAVEY WHITE NR DAVEY 85,210,545 3195 Open
3651 WHITE near WARREN WHITE NR WARREN 84,762,026 3195 Open
3040 BEACH near HERBERT BEACH NR HERBERT 33,039,050 3195 Open
32152 Parkers Road between Como Parade East & West Parkers Road between Como Parade East & West 4,705,076 3195 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