Preston
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: #2
SCATS sites: 49
Postcode(s): 3072, 3073
Suburb Map
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Executive Snapshot
Preston contains 49 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 7,185,511,879 vehicle movements, or approximately 7,185.5M.
The busiest mapped SCATS location in Preston is Bell / High, with 492,433,092 recorded movements across the historical period.
7,185.5MTotal mapped vehicle movements
49Mapped SCATS sites
#2Melbourne suburb movement rank
146,643,099Average 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 Preston
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| # | SCATS ID | Location | Total movements | Millions | Rank | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3060 | Bell / High BELL/HIGH |
492,433,092 | 492.4M | 15 | Map |
| 2 | 3059 | Bell / St Georges BELL/ST GEORGES |
424,979,480 | 425.0M | 33 | Map |
| 3 | 3064 | Bell / Albert BELL/ALBERT |
326,109,276 | 326.1M | 135 | Map |
| 4 | 3061 | Bell / Plenty BELL/PLENTY |
276,949,746 | 276.9M | 262 | Map |
| 5 | 3058 | Bell / Gilbert BELL/GILBERT |
254,910,024 | 254.9M | 349 | Map |
| 6 | 4782 | St Georges / Murray ST GEORGES/MURRAY |
253,828,734 | 253.8M | 354 | Map |
| 7 | 3065 | Bell / Chifley BELL/CHIFLEY |
229,410,129 | 229.4M | 478 | Map |
| 8 | 3057 | BELL near JESSIE BELL NR JESSIE |
225,254,319 | 225.3M | 512 | Map |
| 9 | 3063 | Bell / Victoria BELL/VICTORIA |
217,402,378 | 217.4M | 560 | Map |
| 10 | 4783 | St Georges / Cramer ST GEORGES/CRAMER |
210,591,011 | 210.6M | 615 | 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 Preston. 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: 49. For PDF export, you will usually get a better result by replacing this live map with a static PNG screenshot.
Mapped SCATS sensors
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1
3060 — Bell / High
BELL/HIGH
Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #15
-37.745172, 145.002817
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3059 — Bell / St Georges
BELL/ST GEORGES
Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #33
-37.744603, 144.997452
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3
3064 — Bell / Albert
BELL/ALBERT
Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #135
-37.747241, 145.021789
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4
3061 — Bell / Plenty
BELL/PLENTY
Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #262
-37.745563, 145.006207
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5
3058 — Bell / Gilbert
BELL/GILBERT
Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #349
-37.743808, 144.989165
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6
4782 — St Georges / Murray
ST GEORGES/MURRAY
Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #354
-37.737574, 145.00001
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7
3065 — Bell / Chifley
BELL/CHIFLEY
Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #478
-37.748177, 145.02974
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3057 — BELL near JESSIE
BELL NR JESSIE
Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #512
-37.744329, 144.994514
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9
3063 — Bell / Victoria
BELL/VICTORIA
Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #560
-37.746661, 145.01683
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10
4783 — St Georges / Cramer
ST GEORGES/CRAMER
Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #615
-37.739957, 144.999417
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11
3091 — Bell / The Bell Centre Access
BELL/THE BELL CENTRE ACCESS
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.745769, 145.008058
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12
3262 — Albert / Murray
ALBERT/MURRAY
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.740129, 145.023432
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13
3870 — ST GEORGES near BRUCE
ST GEORGES NR BRUCE
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.743004, 144.998004
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14
4781 — Spring / Regent
SPRING/REGENT
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.73032, 145.000549
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15
3261 — Albert / Wood
ALBERT/WOOD
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.735552, 145.024212
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16
4784 — St Georges / Oakover
ST GEORGES/OAKOVER
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.749398, 144.995874
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17
3265 — Albert / Dundas / Station
ALBERT/DUNDAS/STATION
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.754433, 145.020618
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3263 — Albert / Gower
ALBERT/GOWER
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.74256, 145.022614
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19
3260 — Albert / Tyler
ALBERT/TYLER
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.732273, 145.025004
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20
3264 — Albert / Raglan
ALBERT/RAGLAN
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.751012, 145.021174
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21
4793 — MURRAY near HIGHVIEW
MURRAY NR HIGHVIEW
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.739569, 145.018382
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22
3084 — ST GEORGES near SHOWER
ST GEORGES NR SHOWER
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.747032, 144.996908
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3222 — High / Murray
HIGH/MURRAY
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.737971, 145.004006
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3218 — MURRAY near MARY
MURRAY NR MARY
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.737778, 145.00206
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25
4790 — Plenty / Murray
PLENTY/MURRAY
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.738801, 145.011537
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26
3223 — High / Regent / Tyler
HIGH/REGENT/TYLER
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.730778, 145.005256
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27
4794 — Murray / Chifley
MURRAY/CHIFLEY
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.741006, 145.030854
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28
3877 — Murray / Northland Exit
MURRAY/NORTHLAND EXIT
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.74062, 145.0277
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3221 — High / Gower / Cramer
HIGH/GOWER/CRAMER
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.740374, 145.003616
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4787 — Gilbert / Murray
GILBERT/MURRAY
Lower-volume mapped site
-37.736583, 144.990301
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Local Movement Context
Busiest Local Site
Bell / High
492,433,092 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank
Preston ranks #2 among mapped Melbourne suburbs/localities by total SCATS movement volume in this generated suburb summary.
Likely Dominant Corridors
- Murray
- Bell
- Plenty
- High
- Albert
- Georges
- Gilbert
- Chifley
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 ID | Friendly name | Official name | Total movements | Postcode | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3060 | Bell / High | BELL/HIGH | 492,433,092 | 3072 | Open |
| 3059 | Bell / St Georges | BELL/ST GEORGES | 424,979,480 | 3072 | Open |
| 3064 | Bell / Albert | BELL/ALBERT | 326,109,276 | 3072 | Open |
| 3061 | Bell / Plenty | BELL/PLENTY | 276,949,746 | 3072 | Open |
| 3058 | Bell / Gilbert | BELL/GILBERT | 254,910,024 | 3072 | Open |
| 4782 | St Georges / Murray | ST GEORGES/MURRAY | 253,828,734 | 3072 | Open |
| 3065 | Bell / Chifley | BELL/CHIFLEY | 229,410,129 | 3072 | Open |
| 3057 | BELL near JESSIE | BELL NR JESSIE | 225,254,319 | 3072 | Open |
| 3063 | Bell / Victoria | BELL/VICTORIA | 217,402,378 | 3072 | Open |
| 4783 | St Georges / Cramer | ST GEORGES/CRAMER | 210,591,011 | 3072 | Open |
| 3091 | Bell / The Bell Centre Access | BELL/THE BELL CENTRE ACCESS | 207,275,358 | 3072 | Open |
| 3262 | Albert / Murray | ALBERT/MURRAY | 202,174,623 | 3072 | Open |
| 3870 | ST GEORGES near BRUCE | ST GEORGES NR BRUCE | 179,728,317 | 3072 | Open |
| 4781 | Spring / Regent | SPRING/REGENT | 172,543,181 | 3073 | Open |
| 3261 | Albert / Wood | ALBERT/WOOD | 170,224,550 | 3072 | Open |
| 4784 | St Georges / Oakover | ST GEORGES/OAKOVER | 166,069,155 | 3072 | Open |
| 3265 | Albert / Dundas / Station | ALBERT/DUNDAS/STATION | 165,864,848 | 3072 | Open |
| 3263 | Albert / Gower | ALBERT/GOWER | 164,773,455 | 3072 | Open |
| 3260 | Albert / Tyler | ALBERT/TYLER | 162,785,208 | 3072 | Open |
| 3264 | Albert / Raglan | ALBERT/RAGLAN | 149,838,443 | 3072 | Open |
| 4793 | MURRAY near HIGHVIEW | MURRAY NR HIGHVIEW | 135,051,367 | 3072 | Open |
| 3084 | ST GEORGES near SHOWER | ST GEORGES NR SHOWER | 131,880,783 | 3072 | Open |
| 3222 | High / Murray | HIGH/MURRAY | 131,792,176 | 3072 | Open |
| 3218 | MURRAY near MARY | MURRAY NR MARY | 131,364,548 | 3072 | Open |
| 4790 | Plenty / Murray | PLENTY/MURRAY | 131,303,012 | 3072 | Open |
| 3223 | High / Regent / Tyler | HIGH/REGENT/TYLER | 128,404,435 | 3072 | Open |
| 4794 | Murray / Chifley | MURRAY/CHIFLEY | 126,285,305 | 3072 | Open |
| 3877 | Murray / Northland Exit | MURRAY/NORTHLAND EXIT | 111,839,579 | 3072 | Open |
| 3221 | High / Gower / Cramer | HIGH/GOWER/CRAMER | 110,444,829 | 3072 | Open |
| 4787 | Gilbert / Murray | GILBERT/MURRAY | 108,972,386 | 3072 | Open |
| 4789 | Plenty / Wood | PLENTY/WOOD | 107,655,661 | 3072 | Open |
| 3259 | Murray / Northland Shop East Access Road | MURRAY/NORTHLAND SHOP EAST ACCESS RD | 104,425,420 | 3072 | Open |
| 4791 | Plenty / Gower | PLENTY/GOWER | 101,809,878 | 3072 | Open |
| 2385 | Bell Street btn Blanch St & Donovan ST | Bell Street btn Blanch St & Donovan ST | 101,582,480 | 3072 | Open |
| 3214 | High / Wood / Spencer | HIGH/WOOD/SPENCER | 100,249,211 | 3072 | Open |
| 3730 | Plenty / Tyler | PLENTY/TYLER | 96,234,626 | 3072 | Open |
| 4799 | PLENTY near DAVID | PLENTY NR DAVID | 88,304,326 | 3072 | Open |
| 3219 | Plenty / East Preston Tram Depot | PLENTY/EAST PRESTON TRAM DEPOT | 73,354,595 | 3072 | Open |
| 3873 | GILBERT near JACKA | GILBERT NR JACKA | 71,369,709 | 3072 | Open |
| 3880 | HIGH near DAVID | HIGH NR DAVID | 70,794,043 | 3072 | Open |
| 4788 | Gilbert / Cramer | GILBERT/CRAMER | 70,700,268 | 3072 | Open |
| 4786 | Gilbert / Regent | GILBERT/REGENT | 61,596,732 | 3072 | Open |
| 4792 | MURRAY near JESSIE | MURRAY NR JESSIE | 58,811,611 | 3072 | Open |
| 3081 | Plenty / Raglan | PLENTY/RAGLAN | 56,820,461 | 3072 | Open |
| 4798 | GILBERT near OAKOVER | GILBERT NR OAKOVER | 35,130,497 | 3072 | Open |
| 3872 | GILBERT near MILLER | GILBERT NR MILLER | 34,587,723 | 3072 | Open |
| 4133 | Elizabeth / Murphy | ELIZABETH / MURPHY | 33,223,238 | 3072 | Open |
| 2237 | Chifley / Bruthen | CHIFLEY/BRUTHEN | 17,593,956 | 3072 | Open |
| 3743 | TYLER near BOWDEN | TYLER NR BOWDEN | 783,697 | 3072 | 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.
- Input suburb summary:
suburb_summary_v1.json - Input site lookup:
scats_site_suburb_lookup_cleaned_v1_4.csv - Suburb/locality profiles generated: 517
- Mapped SCATS sites used in the suburb reporting layer: 4,427
- Movement total represented by the mapped suburb profile layer: 532,181,076,069 movements
- Time resolution: 15-minute intervals
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