St Kilda East
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: #112
SCATS sites: 10
Postcode(s): 3183
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

St Kilda East contains 10 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,559,534,211 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,559.5M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in St Kilda East is Princes Highway East near IRVING (LANSDOWNE), with 544,715,773 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,559.5MTotal mapped vehicle movements
10Mapped SCATS sites
#112Melbourne suburb movement rank
155,953,421Average 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 St Kilda East

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2487 Princes Highway East near IRVING (LANSDOWNE)
PHE NR IRVING (LANSDOWNE)		 544,715,773 544.7M 6 Map
2 2411 Princes Highway East / HOTHAM / WILLIAMS
PHE/HOTHAM/WILLIAMS		 334,148,208 334.1M 124 Map
3 4850 Hotham / Inkerman
HOTHAM/INKERMAN		 131,347,206 131.3M 1571 Map
4 4853 Hotham / Carlisle / Balaclava
HOTHAM/CARLISLE/BALACLAVA		 124,020,065 124.0M 1710 Map
5 4847 Hotham / Alma
HOTHAM/ALMA		 117,296,590 117.3M 1872 Map
6 4845 Chapel / Alma
CHAPEL/ALMA		 104,207,144 104.2M 2194 Map
7 4849 Inkerman / Westbury
INKERMAN/WESTBURY		 62,045,639 62.0M 3249 Map
8 4872 Inkerman / Alexander
INKERMAN/ALEXANDER		 55,076,366 55.1M 3412 Map
9 4846 Alma / Westbury
ALMA/WESTBURY		 47,928,606 47.9M 3599 Map
10 2693 BALACLAVA near EMPRESS
BALACLAVA NR EMPRESS		 38,748,614 38.7M 3805 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 St Kilda East. 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
    2487 — Princes Highway East near IRVING (LANSDOWNE)
    PRINCES HWY EAST NR IRVING (LANSDOWNE)
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #6
    -37.859989, 145.007416
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  2. 2
    2411 — Princes Highway East / HOTHAM / WILLIAMS
    PRINCES HWY EAST/HOTHAM/WILLIAMS
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #124
    -37.859184, 145.001334
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  3. 3
    4850 — Hotham / Inkerman
    HOTHAM/INKERMAN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1571
    -37.866451, 145.000069
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  4. 4
    4853 — Hotham / Carlisle / Balaclava
    HOTHAM/CARLISLE/BALACLAVA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1710
    -37.869516, 144.999441
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  5. 5
    4847 — Hotham / Alma
    HOTHAM/ALMA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1872
    -37.862634, 145.00071
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  6. 6
    4845 — Chapel / Alma
    CHAPEL/ALMA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2194
    -37.861464, 144.991602
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  7. 7
    4849 — Inkerman / Westbury
    INKERMAN/WESTBURY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3249
    -37.865939, 144.996028
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  8. 8
    4872 — Inkerman / Alexander
    INKERMAN/ALEXANDER
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3412
    -37.866785, 145.002703
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  9. 9
    4846 — Alma / Westbury
    ALMA/WESTBURY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3599
    -37.862121, 144.996722
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  10. 10
    2693 — BALACLAVA near EMPRESS
    BALACLAVA NR EMPRESS
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3805
    -37.869772, 145.001496
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Princes Highway East near IRVING (LANSDOWNE)
544,715,773 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

St Kilda East ranks #112 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
2487 Princes Highway East near IRVING (LANSDOWNE) PRINCES HWY EAST NR IRVING (LANSDOWNE) 544,715,773 3183 Open
2411 Princes Highway East / HOTHAM / WILLIAMS PRINCES HWY EAST/HOTHAM/WILLIAMS 334,148,208 3183 Open
4850 Hotham / Inkerman HOTHAM/INKERMAN 131,347,206 3183 Open
4853 Hotham / Carlisle / Balaclava HOTHAM/CARLISLE/BALACLAVA 124,020,065 3183 Open
4847 Hotham / Alma HOTHAM/ALMA 117,296,590 3183 Open
4845 Chapel / Alma CHAPEL/ALMA 104,207,144 3183 Open
4849 Inkerman / Westbury INKERMAN/WESTBURY 62,045,639 3183 Open
4872 Inkerman / Alexander INKERMAN/ALEXANDER 55,076,366 3183 Open
4846 Alma / Westbury ALMA/WESTBURY 47,928,606 3183 Open
2693 BALACLAVA near EMPRESS BALACLAVA NR EMPRESS 38,748,614 3183 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