Thomastown
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: #47
SCATS sites: 19
Postcode(s): 3074
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Thomastown contains 19 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 3,001,484,597 vehicle movements, or approximately 3,001.5M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Thomastown is Metropolitan Ring Road / Dalton, with 331,777,097 recorded movements across the historical period.

3,001.5MTotal mapped vehicle movements
19Mapped SCATS sites
#47Melbourne suburb movement rank
157,972,873Average 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 Thomastown

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3744 Metropolitan Ring Road / Dalton
METROPOLITAN RING ROAD/DALTON		 331,777,097 331.8M 130 Map
2 2789 MRR / Edgars
MRR/EDGARS		 263,244,083 263.2M 312 Map
3 4999 High / Heyington / Spring
HIGH/HEYINGTON/SPRING		 230,569,580 230.6M 472 Map
4 3229 High / Mahoneys / Keon
HIGH/MAHONEYS/KEON		 191,230,831 191.2M 812 Map
5 2768 Dalton / Darebin / Alexander
DALTON/DAREBIN/ALEXANDER		 187,573,043 187.6M 841 Map
6 4994 Dalton / The Boulevard
DALTON/THE BOULEVARD		 181,361,268 181.4M 912 Map
7 4991 Mahoneys / Hughes
MAHONEYS/HUGHES		 162,797,677 162.8M 1118 Map
8 3230 High / Settlement
HIGH/SETTLEMENT		 161,653,154 161.7M 1131 Map
9 2788 Edgars / Wolseley (Comalco Access)
EDGARS/WOLSELEY (COMALCO ACCESS)		 154,279,091 154.3M 1226 Map
10 2766 Edgars / Victoria
EDGARS/VICTORIA		 153,843,250 153.8M 1231 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 Thomastown. 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
    3744 — Metropolitan Ring Road / Dalton
    METROPOLITAN RING ROAD/DALTON
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #130
    -37.687498, 145.028584
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  2. 2
    2789 — METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / Edgars
    METROPOLITAN RING ROAD/EDGARS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #312
    -37.687224, 145.002442
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  3. 3
    4999 — High / Heyington / Spring
    HIGH/HEYINGTON/SPRING
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #472
    -37.682051, 145.013527
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  4. 4
    3229 — High / Mahoneys / Keon
    HIGH/MAHONEYS/KEON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #812
    -37.694871, 145.011875
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  5. 5
    2768 — Dalton / Darebin / Alexander
    DALTON/DAREBIN/ALEXANDER
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #841
    -37.68201, 145.029616
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  6. 6
    4994 — Dalton / The Boulevard
    DALTON/THE BOULEVARD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #912
    -37.676606, 145.030517
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  7. 7
    4991 — Mahoneys / Hughes
    MAHONEYS/HUGHES
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1118
    -37.69277, 144.991037
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  8. 8
    3230 — High / Settlement
    HIGH/SETTLEMENT
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1131
    -37.687811, 145.012571
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  9. 9
    2788 — Edgars / Wolseley (Comalco Access)
    EDGARS/WOLSELEY (COMALCO ACCESS)
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1226
    -37.689668, 145.002284
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  10. 10
    2766 — Edgars / Victoria
    EDGARS/VICTORIA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1231
    -37.683831, 145.000884
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  11. 11
    3742 — Keon / Dalton
    KEON/DALTON
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.696073, 145.022297
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  12. 12
    4990 — Edgars / Main
    EDGARS/MAIN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.678752, 144.999302
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  13. 13
    3234 — High / Austarc
    HIGH/AUSTARC
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.686554, 145.01278
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  14. 14
    3231 — High / Main
    HIGH/MAIN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.680245, 145.013835
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  15. 15
    1830 — Dalton Road / Spencer Street
    Dalton Road / Spencer Street
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.684478, 145.029147
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  16. 16
    3245 — Settlement / Brand
    SETTLEMENT/BRAND
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.693898, 145.033944
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  17. 17
    2765 — Settlement / Wood
    SETTLEMENT/WOOD
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.693471, 145.029852
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  18. 18
    3239 — Settlement / Apex
    SETTLEMENT/APEX
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.69401, 145.035028
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  19. 19
    2796 — Settlement / Northgate
    SETTLEMENT/NORTHGATE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.694437, 145.039177
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Metropolitan Ring Road / Dalton
331,777,097 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Thomastown ranks #47 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
3744 Metropolitan Ring Road / Dalton METROPOLITAN RING ROAD/DALTON 331,777,097 3074 Open
2789 METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / Edgars METROPOLITAN RING ROAD/EDGARS 263,244,083 3074 Open
4999 High / Heyington / Spring HIGH/HEYINGTON/SPRING 230,569,580 3074 Open
3229 High / Mahoneys / Keon HIGH/MAHONEYS/KEON 191,230,831 3074 Open
2768 Dalton / Darebin / Alexander DALTON/DAREBIN/ALEXANDER 187,573,043 3074 Open
4994 Dalton / The Boulevard DALTON/THE BOULEVARD 181,361,268 3074 Open
4991 Mahoneys / Hughes MAHONEYS/HUGHES 162,797,677 3074 Open
3230 High / Settlement HIGH/SETTLEMENT 161,653,154 3074 Open
2788 Edgars / Wolseley (Comalco Access) EDGARS/WOLSELEY (COMALCO ACCESS) 154,279,091 3074 Open
2766 Edgars / Victoria EDGARS/VICTORIA 153,843,250 3074 Open
3742 Keon / Dalton KEON/DALTON 149,716,605 3074 Open
4990 Edgars / Main EDGARS/MAIN 145,846,994 3074 Open
3234 High / Austarc HIGH/AUSTARC 113,101,752 3074 Open
3231 High / Main HIGH/MAIN 110,968,815 3074 Open
1830 Dalton Road / Spencer Street Dalton Road / Spencer Street 108,125,821 3074 Open
3245 Settlement / Brand SETTLEMENT/BRAND 94,054,460 3074 Open
2765 Settlement / Wood SETTLEMENT/WOOD 92,031,216 3074 Open
3239 Settlement / Apex SETTLEMENT/APEX 85,956,929 3074 Open
2796 Settlement / Northgate SETTLEMENT/NORTHGATE 83,352,931 3074 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