Sunshine 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: #311
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3020, 3023
I’m your local mate with a few trailers right next to The West Gate Freeway!

Suburb Map

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Sunshine West suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Sunshine West contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 356,375,226 vehicle movements, or approximately 356.4M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Sunshine West is Fairbairn / Industrial / Northern Access, with 92,306,396 recorded movements across the historical period.

356.4MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#311Melbourne suburb movement rank
59,395,871Average 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 Sunshine West

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2694 Fairbairn / Industrial / Northern Access
FAIRBAIRN/INDUSTRIAL/NORTHERN ACCESS		 92,306,396 92.3M 2484 Map
2 2581 Fitzgerald / Wrr Ib Ramp
FITZGERALD/WRR IB RAMP		 90,284,437 90.3M 2526 Map
3 2633 Tilburn / Fitzgerald / Forrest
TILBURN/FITZGERALD/FORREST		 69,652,334 69.7M 3075 Map
4 2547 Fitzgerald / Callaway
FITZGERALD/CALLAWAY		 48,118,621 48.1M 3591 Map
5 2577 Fitzgerald / Allison / David
FITZGERALD/ALLISON/DAVID		 37,499,789 37.5M 3829 Map
6 2389 Forrest Street / Fitgerald Road Connector
Forrest Street/Fitgerald Road Connector		 18,513,649 18.5M 4206 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 Sunshine 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.

Provider: Google Maps circle overlays · Sensors plotted: 6. For PDF export, you will usually get a better result by replacing this live map with a static PNG screenshot.

Mapped SCATS sensors

  1. 1
    2694 — Fairbairn / Industrial / Northern Access
    FAIRBAIRN/INDUSTRIAL/NORTHERN ACCESS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2484
    -37.810985, 144.817832
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  2. 2
    2581 — Fitzgerald / Western Ring Road Ib Ramp
    FITZGERALD/WESTERN RING ROAD IB RAMP
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2526
    -37.794621, 144.789829
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  3. 3
    2633 — Tilburn / Fitzgerald / Forrest
    TILBURN/FITZGERALD/FORREST
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3075
    -37.781685, 144.791679
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  4. 4
    2547 — Fitzgerald / Callaway
    FITZGERALD/CALLAWAY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3591
    -37.793218, 144.790103
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  5. 5
    2577 — Fitzgerald / Allison / David
    FITZGERALD/ALLISON/DAVID
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3829
    -37.791772, 144.790296
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  6. 6
    2389 — Forrest Street / Fitgerald Road Connector
    Forrest Street/Fitgerald Road Connector
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4206
    -37.781936, 144.794646
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Fairbairn / Industrial / Northern Access
92,306,396 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Sunshine West ranks #311 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
2694 Fairbairn / Industrial / Northern Access FAIRBAIRN/INDUSTRIAL/NORTHERN ACCESS 92,306,396 3020 Open
2581 Fitzgerald / Western Ring Road Ib Ramp FITZGERALD/WESTERN RING ROAD IB RAMP 90,284,437 3020 Open
2633 Tilburn / Fitzgerald / Forrest TILBURN/FITZGERALD/FORREST 69,652,334 3023 Open
2547 Fitzgerald / Callaway FITZGERALD/CALLAWAY 48,118,621 3020 Open
2577 Fitzgerald / Allison / David FITZGERALD/ALLISON/DAVID 37,499,789 3020 Open
2389 Forrest Street / Fitgerald Road Connector Forrest Street/Fitgerald Road Connector 18,513,649 3020 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