Seaford
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: #157
SCATS sites: 18
Postcode(s): 3198
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Seaford contains 18 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,124,537,687 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,124.5M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Seaford is Frankston-Dandenong / Skye / Overton / Wells, with 140,765,503 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,124.5MTotal mapped vehicle movements
18Mapped SCATS sites
#157Melbourne suburb movement rank
62,474,315Average 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 Seaford

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 735 Frankston-Dandenong / Skye / Overton / Wells
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG/SKYE/OVERTON/WELLS		 140,765,503 140.8M 1436 Map
2 753 Seaford / Railway / Fortescue
SEAFORD/RAILWAY/FORTESCUE		 110,468,577 110.5M 2035 Map
3 275 FRANKSTON-DANDENONG / FRANKSTON Freeway RAMPS
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG/FRANKSTON FWY RAMPS		 101,401,520 101.4M 2271 Map
4 227 Nepean / Station
NEPEAN/STATION		 88,843,351 88.8M 2564 Map
5 516 Seaford / Wells
SEAFORD/WELLS		 81,923,459 81.9M 2735 Map
6 228 Nepean / Seaford
NEPEAN/SEAFORD		 78,283,261 78.3M 2839 Map
7 742 Seaford / Hartnett
SEAFORD/HARTNETT		 75,648,728 75.6M 2902 Map
8 226 NEPEAN near ARMSTRONGS
NEPEAN NR ARMSTRONGS		 73,114,936 73.1M 2977 Map
9 225 NEPEAN near RESERVE
NEPEAN NR RESERVE		 71,602,555 71.6M 3022 Map
10 739 Railway / Station / Mckenzie
RAILWAY/STATION/MCKENZIE		 54,871,896 54.9M 3417 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 Seaford. 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
    735 — Frankston-Dandenong / Skye / Overton / Wells
    FRANKSTON-DANDENONG/SKYE/OVERTON/WELLS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1436
    -38.130185, 145.131887
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  2. 2
    753 — Seaford / Railway / Fortescue
    SEAFORD/RAILWAY/FORTESCUE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2035
    -38.110545, 145.130797
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  3. 3
    275 — FRANKSTON-DANDENONG / FRANKSTON Freeway RAMPS
    FRANKSTON-DANDENONG/FRANKSTON FWY RAMPS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2271
    -38.129097, 145.13301
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  4. 4
    227 — Nepean / Station
    NEPEAN/STATION
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2564
    -38.103451, 145.125885
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  5. 5
    516 — Seaford / Wells
    SEAFORD/WELLS
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2735
    -38.108934, 145.13627
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  6. 6
    228 — Nepean / Seaford
    NEPEAN/SEAFORD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2839
    -38.109843, 145.125755
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  7. 7
    742 — Seaford / Hartnett
    SEAFORD/HARTNETT
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2902
    -38.110057, 145.142364
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  8. 8
    226 — NEPEAN near ARMSTRONGS
    NEPEAN NR ARMSTRONGS
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2977
    -38.094072, 145.125599
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  9. 9
    225 — NEPEAN near RESERVE
    NEPEAN NR RESERVE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3022
    -38.088422, 145.125002
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  10. 10
    739 — Railway / Station / Mckenzie
    RAILWAY/STATION/MCKENZIE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3417
    -38.103451, 145.128437
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  11. 11
    273 — Klauer / Hartnett
    KLAUER/HARTNETT
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -38.119032, 145.14042
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  12. 12
    229 — NEPEAN near MCCULLOCH
    NEPEAN NR MCCULLOCH
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -38.120695, 145.124938
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  13. 13
    1493 — RAILWAY PDE near WEATHERSON RD
    RAILWAY PDE NR WEATHERSON RD
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -38.109671, 145.130059
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  14. 14
    740 — WELLS near MCCULLOCH
    WELLS NR MCCULLOCH
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -38.121669, 145.135069
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  15. 15
    1449 — Wells Road btw Buna Ave & Boonong Ave
    Wells Road btw Buna Ave & Boonong Ave
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -38.125395, 145.13346
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  16. 16
    1827 — Armstrongs Road / Railway Parade
    Armstrongs Road / Railway Parade
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -38.093241, 145.128309
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  17. 17
    2373 — Lathams Road / Stephenson Rd
    Lathams Road / Stephenson Rd
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -38.098981, 145.151898
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  18. 18
    32149 — Wells Rd / Bardia Ave / Kananook station Car Park access
    Wells Rd/ Bardia Ave / Kananook station Car Park access
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -38.120507, 145.135387
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Frankston-Dandenong / Skye / Overton / Wells
140,765,503 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Seaford ranks #157 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
735 Frankston-Dandenong / Skye / Overton / Wells FRANKSTON-DANDENONG/SKYE/OVERTON/WELLS 140,765,503 3198 Open
753 Seaford / Railway / Fortescue SEAFORD/RAILWAY/FORTESCUE 110,468,577 3198 Open
275 FRANKSTON-DANDENONG / FRANKSTON Freeway RAMPS FRANKSTON-DANDENONG/FRANKSTON FWY RAMPS 101,401,520 3198 Open
227 Nepean / Station NEPEAN/STATION 88,843,351 3198 Open
516 Seaford / Wells SEAFORD/WELLS 81,923,459 3198 Open
228 Nepean / Seaford NEPEAN/SEAFORD 78,283,261 3198 Open
742 Seaford / Hartnett SEAFORD/HARTNETT 75,648,728 3198 Open
226 NEPEAN near ARMSTRONGS NEPEAN NR ARMSTRONGS 73,114,936 3198 Open
225 NEPEAN near RESERVE NEPEAN NR RESERVE 71,602,555 3198 Open
739 Railway / Station / Mckenzie RAILWAY/STATION/MCKENZIE 54,871,896 3198 Open
273 Klauer / Hartnett KLAUER/HARTNETT 54,849,483 3198 Open
229 NEPEAN near MCCULLOCH NEPEAN NR MCCULLOCH 48,501,160 3198 Open
1493 RAILWAY PDE near WEATHERSON RD RAILWAY PDE NR WEATHERSON RD 46,818,156 3198 Open
740 WELLS near MCCULLOCH WELLS NR MCCULLOCH 44,892,676 3198 Open
1449 Wells Road btw Buna Ave & Boonong Ave Wells Road btw Buna Ave & Boonong Ave 22,840,403 3198 Open
1827 Armstrongs Road / Railway Parade Armstrongs Road / Railway Parade 14,783,861 3198 Open
2373 Lathams Road / Stephenson Rd Lathams Road / Stephenson Rd 11,759,483 3198 Open
32149 Wells Rd / Bardia Ave / Kananook station Car Park access Wells Rd/ Bardia Ave / Kananook station Car Park access 3,168,679 3198 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