St Kilda West
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: #239
SCATS sites: 4
Postcode(s): 3182, 3206
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Suburb Map

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St Kilda West suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

St Kilda West contains 4 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 605,039,054 vehicle movements, or approximately 605.0M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in St Kilda West is Jacka / The Esplanade / Fitzroy, with 329,501,897 recorded movements across the historical period.

605.0MTotal mapped vehicle movements
4Mapped SCATS sites
#239Melbourne suburb movement rank
151,259,763Average 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 West

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3016 Jacka / The Esplanade / Fitzroy
JACKA/THE ESPLANADE/FITZROY		 329,501,897 329.5M 131 Map
2 2311 Beaconsfield / Cowderoy
BEACONSFIELD/COWDEROY		 164,648,869 164.6M 1094 Map
3 4841 CANTERBURY near FRASER
CANTERBURY NR FRASER		 72,981,942 73.0M 2981 Map
4 4830 CANTERBURY near MARY
CANTERBURY NR MARY		 37,906,346 37.9M 3821 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 West. 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
    3016 — Jacka / The Esplanade / Fitzroy
    JACKA/THE ESPLANADE/FITZROY
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #131
    -37.862771, 144.972334
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  2. 2
    2311 — Beaconsfield / Cowderoy
    BEACONSFIELD/COWDEROY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1094
    -37.858634, 144.969537
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  3. 3
    4841 — CANTERBURY near FRASER
    CANTERBURY NR FRASER
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2981
    -37.854056, 144.970622
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  4. 4
    4830 — CANTERBURY near MARY
    CANTERBURY NR MARY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3821
    -37.857454, 144.974766
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Jacka / The Esplanade / Fitzroy
329,501,897 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

St Kilda West ranks #239 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
3016 Jacka / The Esplanade / Fitzroy JACKA/THE ESPLANADE/FITZROY 329,501,897 3182 Open
2311 Beaconsfield / Cowderoy BEACONSFIELD/COWDEROY 164,648,869 3182 Open
4841 CANTERBURY near FRASER CANTERBURY NR FRASER 72,981,942 3206 Open
4830 CANTERBURY near MARY CANTERBURY NR MARY 37,906,346 3206 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