Taylors Lakes
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: #76
SCATS sites: 12
Postcode(s): 3038
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Suburb Map

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Taylors Lakes suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Taylors Lakes contains 12 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 2,063,210,412 vehicle movements, or approximately 2,063.2M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Taylors Lakes is MELTON Highway / SUNSHINE, with 402,877,256 recorded movements across the historical period.

2,063.2MTotal mapped vehicle movements
12Mapped SCATS sites
#76Melbourne suburb movement rank
171,934,201Average 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 Taylors Lakes

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2701 MELTON Highway / SUNSHINE
MELTON HWY/SUNSHINE		 402,877,256 402.9M 49 Map
2 2638 MELTON Highway / KINGS
MELTON HWY/KINGS		 276,700,899 276.7M 266 Map
3 2636 MELTON Highway / VERONA
MELTON HWY/VERONA		 199,535,526 199.5M 728 Map
4 2639 MELTON Highway / SHOPPING CENTRE ENT 2
MELTON HWY/SHOPPING CENTRE ENT 2		 194,477,365 194.5M 773 Map
5 2637 MELTON Highway / PARMELIA
MELTON HWY/PARMELIA		 188,113,351 188.1M 835 Map
6 2640 MELTON Highway / MCCUBBIN
MELTON HWY/MCCUBBIN		 179,791,534 179.8M 928 Map
7 2584 Kings / Watergardens Entrance 5
KINGS/WATERGARDENS ENTRANCE 5		 140,556,218 140.6M 1439 Map
8 2583 Kings / Watergardens Entrance 4
KINGS/WATERGARDENS ENTRANCE 4		 122,363,927 122.4M 1750 Map
9 2592 Kings / Watergardens Shop Centre Ent 3
KINGS/WATERGARDENS SHOP CENTRE ENT 3		 101,695,742 101.7M 2262 Map
10 2762 Kings Road / Wellesley Dv / Palmerston Cr
KINGS RD/WELLESLEY DV/PALMERSTON CR		 93,473,466 93.5M 2454 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 Taylors Lakes. 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
    2701 — MELTON Highway / SUNSHINE
    MELTON HWY/SUNSHINE
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #49
    -37.701628, 144.800222
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  2. 2
    2638 — MELTON Highway / KINGS
    MELTON HWY/KINGS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #266
    -37.697451, 144.781239
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  3. 3
    2636 — MELTON Highway / VERONA
    MELTON HWY/VERONA
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #728
    -37.700737, 144.796279
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  4. 4
    2639 — MELTON Highway / SHOPPING CENTRE ENT 2
    MELTON HWY/SHOPPING CENTRE ENT 2
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #773
    -37.696818, 144.778268
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  5. 5
    2637 — MELTON Highway / PARMELIA
    MELTON HWY/PARMELIA
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #835
    -37.698579, 144.78638
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  6. 6
    2640 — MELTON Highway / MCCUBBIN
    MELTON HWY/MCCUBBIN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #928
    -37.695882, 144.774556
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  7. 7
    2584 — Kings / Watergardens Entrance 5
    KINGS/WATERGARDENS ENTRANCE 5
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1439
    -37.703942, 144.779093
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  8. 8
    2583 — Kings / Watergardens Entrance 4
    KINGS/WATERGARDENS ENTRANCE 4
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1750
    -37.699177, 144.780668
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  9. 9
    2592 — Kings / Watergardens Shop Centre Ent 3
    KINGS/WATERGARDENS SHOP CENTRE ENT 3
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2262
    -37.699177, 144.780668
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  10. 10
    2762 — Kings Road / Wellesley Dv / Palmerston Cr
    KINGS RD/WELLESLEY DV/PALMERSTON CR
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2454
    -37.689631, 144.784265
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  11. 11
    2891 — Sunshine / Apollo
    SUNSHINE/APOLLO
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.708526, 144.803841
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  12. 12
    2969 — Calder Freeway / Kings Road Interchg - B'Go Bd
    CALDER FWY/KINGS RD INTERCHG - B'GO BD
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.687955, 144.785516
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

MELTON Highway / SUNSHINE
402,877,256 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Taylors Lakes ranks #76 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
2701 MELTON Highway / SUNSHINE MELTON HWY/SUNSHINE 402,877,256 3038 Open
2638 MELTON Highway / KINGS MELTON HWY/KINGS 276,700,899 3038 Open
2636 MELTON Highway / VERONA MELTON HWY/VERONA 199,535,526 3038 Open
2639 MELTON Highway / SHOPPING CENTRE ENT 2 MELTON HWY/SHOPPING CENTRE ENT 2 194,477,365 3038 Open
2637 MELTON Highway / PARMELIA MELTON HWY/PARMELIA 188,113,351 3038 Open
2640 MELTON Highway / MCCUBBIN MELTON HWY/MCCUBBIN 179,791,534 3038 Open
2584 Kings / Watergardens Entrance 5 KINGS/WATERGARDENS ENTRANCE 5 140,556,218 3038 Open
2583 Kings / Watergardens Entrance 4 KINGS/WATERGARDENS ENTRANCE 4 122,363,927 3038 Open
2592 Kings / Watergardens Shop Centre Ent 3 KINGS/WATERGARDENS SHOP CENTRE ENT 3 101,695,742 3038 Open
2762 Kings Road / Wellesley Dv / Palmerston Cr KINGS RD/WELLESLEY DV/PALMERSTON CR 93,473,466 3038 Open
2891 Sunshine / Apollo SUNSHINE/APOLLO 82,854,513 3038 Open
2969 Calder Freeway / Kings Road Interchg - B'Go Bd CALDER FWY/KINGS RD INTERCHG - B'GO BD 80,770,615 3038 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

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