Ravenhall
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: #204
SCATS sites: 5
Postcode(s): 3023
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Suburb Map

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Ravenhall suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Ravenhall contains 5 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 769,833,525 vehicle movements, or approximately 769.8M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Ravenhall is WESTERN Highway / WESTWOOD, with 269,615,956 recorded movements across the historical period.

769.8MTotal mapped vehicle movements
5Mapped SCATS sites
#204Melbourne suburb movement rank
153,966,705Average 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 Ravenhall

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2656 WESTERN Highway / WESTWOOD
WESTERN HWY/WESTWOOD		 269,615,956 269.6M 291 Map
2 2658 WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRING
WESTERN HWY/CHRISTIES/CAROLINE SPRING		 268,020,191 268.0M 293 Map
3 1398 Ballarat / Main
BALLARAT/MAIN		 98,673,572 98.7M 2330 Map
4 1400 Christies Road / Western Freeway Exit Ramp
Christies Road/Western Freeway Exit Ramp		 83,683,242 83.7M 2688 Map
5 1404 Christies Road / Western Freeway Entry Ram
Christies Road/Western Freeway Entry Ram		 49,840,564 49.8M 3543 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 Ravenhall. 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
    2656 — WESTERN Highway / WESTWOOD
    WESTERN HWY/WESTWOOD
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #291
    -37.762119, 144.754263
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  2. 2
    2658 — WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRING
    WESTERN HWY/CHRISTIES/CAROLINE SPRING
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #293
    -37.756332, 144.739647
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  3. 3
    1398 — Ballarat / Main
    BALLARAT/MAIN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2330
    -37.761028, 144.750835
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  4. 4
    1400 — Christies Road / Western Freeway Exit Ramp
    Christies Road/Western Freeway Exit Ramp
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2688
    -37.76367, 144.739411
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  5. 5
    1404 — Christies Road / Western Freeway Entry Ram
    Christies Road/Western Freeway Entry Ram
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3543
    -37.759174, 144.739554
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

WESTERN Highway / WESTWOOD
269,615,956 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Ravenhall ranks #204 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
2656 WESTERN Highway / WESTWOOD WESTERN HWY/WESTWOOD 269,615,956 3023 Open
2658 WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRING WESTERN HWY/CHRISTIES/CAROLINE SPRING 268,020,191 3023 Open
1398 Ballarat / Main BALLARAT/MAIN 98,673,572 3023 Open
1400 Christies Road / Western Freeway Exit Ramp Christies Road/Western Freeway Exit Ramp 83,683,242 3023 Open
1404 Christies Road / Western Freeway Entry Ram Christies Road/Western Freeway Entry Ram 49,840,564 3023 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