Prahran
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: #69
SCATS sites: 15
Postcode(s): 3142, 3143, 3181
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Prahran contains 15 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 2,243,373,402 vehicle movements, or approximately 2,243.4M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Prahran is Princes Highway East near CLOSEBURN, with 431,212,288 recorded movements across the historical period.

2,243.4MTotal mapped vehicle movements
15Mapped SCATS sites
#69Melbourne suburb movement rank
149,558,226Average 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 Prahran

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2985 Princes Highway East near CLOSEBURN
PHE NR CLOSEBURN		 431,212,288 431.2M 31 Map
2 3401 Punt / High
PUNT/HIGH		 288,960,084 289.0M 219 Map
3 4772 Chapel / Chatham / Princes
CHAPEL/CHATHAM/PRINCES		 230,900,268 230.9M 468 Map
4 4773 CHAPEL near KING
CHAPEL NR KING		 224,538,256 224.5M 516 Map
5 4755 Malvern / Williams
MALVERN/WILLIAMS		 170,293,283 170.3M 1025 Map
6 4764 High / Williams
HIGH/WILLIAMS		 167,121,898 167.1M 1068 Map
7 4765 HIGH near HIGHBURY
HIGH NR HIGHBURY		 115,054,729 115.1M 1924 Map
8 2986 WILLIAMS near MURRAY
WILLIAMS NR MURRAY		 100,896,815 100.9M 2284 Map
9 3971 ORRONG Rd / SYDNEY St
ORRONG Rd / SYDNEY St		 87,830,743 87.8M 2586 Map
10 4761 High / Street Edmonds
HIGH/ST EDMONDS		 81,953,359 82.0M 2734 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 Prahran. 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
    2985 — Princes Highway East near CLOSEBURN
    PRINCES HWY EAST NR CLOSEBURN
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #31
    -37.859189, 145.003684
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  2. 2
    3401 — Punt / High
    PUNT/HIGH
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #219
    -37.850667, 144.984256
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  3. 3
    4772 — Chapel / Chatham / Princes
    CHAPEL/CHATHAM/PRINCES
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #468
    -37.849164, 144.993768
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  4. 4
    4773 — CHAPEL near KING
    CHAPEL NR KING
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #516
    -37.849971, 144.993643
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  5. 5
    4755 — Malvern / Williams
    MALVERN/WILLIAMS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1025
    -37.848103, 145.003186
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  6. 6
    4764 — High / Williams
    HIGH/WILLIAMS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1068
    -37.853091, 145.002439
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  7. 7
    4765 — HIGH near HIGHBURY
    HIGH NR HIGHBURY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1924
    -37.853671, 145.006711
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  8. 8
    2986 — WILLIAMS near MURRAY
    WILLIAMS NR MURRAY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2284
    -37.850509, 145.002814
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  9. 9
    3971 — ORRONG Rd / SYDNEY St
    ORRONG Rd / SYDNEY St
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2586
    -37.851174, 145.01203
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  10. 10
    4761 — High / Street Edmonds
    HIGH/ST EDMONDS
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2734
    -37.85162, 144.991584
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  11. 11
    2983 — Commercial / Balmoral / Porter
    COMMERCIAL/BALMORAL/PORTER
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.846416, 144.990663
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  12. 12
    4751 — COMMERCIAL near TYRONE
    COMMERCIAL NR TYRONE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.845989, 144.987361
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  13. 13
    4754 — Malvern / Bendigo / Surrey
    MALVERN/BENDIGO/SURREY
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.847382, 144.997921
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  14. 14
    4756 — MALVERN near A'BECKETT
    MALVERN NR A'BECKETT
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.849019, 145.010275
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  15. 15
    4760 — HIGH near PERTH
    HIGH NR PERTH
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.851133, 144.987814
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Princes Highway East near CLOSEBURN
431,212,288 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Prahran ranks #69 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
2985 Princes Highway East near CLOSEBURN PRINCES HWY EAST NR CLOSEBURN 431,212,288 3181 Open
3401 Punt / High PUNT/HIGH 288,960,084 3181 Open
4772 Chapel / Chatham / Princes CHAPEL/CHATHAM/PRINCES 230,900,268 3181 Open
4773 CHAPEL near KING CHAPEL NR KING 224,538,256 3181 Open
4755 Malvern / Williams MALVERN/WILLIAMS 170,293,283 3181 Open
4764 High / Williams HIGH/WILLIAMS 167,121,898 3181 Open
4765 HIGH near HIGHBURY HIGH NR HIGHBURY 115,054,729 3181 Open
2986 WILLIAMS near MURRAY WILLIAMS NR MURRAY 100,896,815 3181 Open
3971 ORRONG Rd / SYDNEY St ORRONG Rd / SYDNEY St 87,830,743 3143 Open
4761 High / Street Edmonds HIGH/ST EDMONDS 81,953,359 3181 Open
2983 Commercial / Balmoral / Porter COMMERCIAL/BALMORAL/PORTER 81,793,850 3181 Open
4751 COMMERCIAL near TYRONE COMMERCIAL NR TYRONE 67,875,606 3181 Open
4754 Malvern / Bendigo / Surrey MALVERN/BENDIGO/SURREY 67,838,110 3181 Open
4756 MALVERN near A'BECKETT MALVERN NR A'BECKETT 63,790,327 3142 Open
4760 HIGH near PERTH HIGH NR PERTH 63,313,786 3181 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

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