Thornbury
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: #63
SCATS sites: 16
Postcode(s): 3071

Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Thornbury contains 16 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 2,451,633,713 vehicle movements, or approximately 2,451.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Thornbury is St Georges / Normanby, with 256,315,231 recorded movements across the historical period.

2,451.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
16Mapped SCATS sites
#63Melbourne suburb movement rank
153,227,107Average 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 Thornbury

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 4660 St Georges / Normanby
ST GEORGES/NORMANBY
256,315,231 256.3M 344 Map
2 3271 STATION near MANSFIELD
STATION NR MANSFIELD
246,642,700 246.6M 384 Map
3 4686 St Georges / Miller
ST GEORGES/MILLER
225,035,640 225.0M 514 Map
4 3267 Darebin / Station
DAREBIN/STATION
211,157,160 211.2M 610 Map
5 3272 STATION near COLLINS
STATION NR COLLINS
208,880,267 208.9M 630 Map
6 4675 St Georges / Hutton
ST GEORGES/HUTTON
207,771,751 207.8M 641 Map
7 4661 Clarendon / High / Normanby
CLARENDON/HIGH/NORMANBY
187,458,784 187.5M 843 Map
8 4160 ST GEORGES near KEMP
ST GEORGES NR KEMP
186,127,831 186.1M 858 Map
9 4667 Grange / Darebin
GRANGE/DAREBIN
173,371,012 173.4M 981 Map
10 3220 Plenty / High / Dundas / Miller
PLENTY/HIGH/DUNDAS/MILLER
146,636,262 146.6M 1338 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 Thornbury. 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
    4660 — St Georges / Normanby
    ST GEORGES/NORMANBY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #344
    -37.758786, 144.993133
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  2. 2
    3271 — STATION near MANSFIELD
    STATION NR MANSFIELD
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #384
    -37.758933, 145.021497
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  3. 3
    4686 — St Georges / Miller
    ST GEORGES/MILLER
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #514
    -37.751714, 144.995247
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  4. 4
    3267 — Darebin / Station
    DAREBIN/STATION
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #610
    -37.765484, 145.020387
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  5. 5
    3272 — STATION near COLLINS
    STATION NR COLLINS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #630
    -37.755798, 145.020818
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  6. 6
    4675 — St Georges / Hutton
    ST GEORGES/HUTTON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #641
    -37.755306, 144.994273
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  7. 7
    4661 — Clarendon / High / Normanby
    CLARENDON/HIGH/NORMANBY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #843
    -37.759559, 145.000439
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  8. 8
    4160 — ST GEORGES near KEMP
    ST GEORGES NR KEMP
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #858
    -37.761826, 144.992943
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  9. 9
    4667 — Grange / Darebin
    GRANGE/DAREBIN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #981
    -37.766231, 145.027419
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  10. 10
    3220 — Plenty / High / Dundas / Miller
    PLENTY/HIGH/DUNDAS/MILLER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1338
    -37.75229, 145.001652
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  11. 11
    3266 — STATION near CLARENDON
    STATION NR CLARENDON
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.762095, 145.020961
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  12. 12
    4677 — HIGH near MANSFIELD
    HIGH NR MANSFIELD
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.756396, 145.000966
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  13. 13
    3117 — Normanby / Leinster
    NORMANBY/LEINSTER
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.758187, 144.987995
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  14. 14
    3241 — Victoria / Dundas
    VICTORIA/DUNDAS
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.753723, 145.014114
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  15. 15
    4673 — VICTORIA near PENDER
    VICTORIA NR PENDER
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.754795, 145.013932
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  16. 16
    4663 — DAREBIN near WALES
    DAREBIN NR WALES
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.764184, 145.008153
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

St Georges / Normanby
256,315,231 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Thornbury ranks #63 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
4660 St Georges / Normanby ST GEORGES/NORMANBY 256,315,231 3071 Open
3271 STATION near MANSFIELD STATION NR MANSFIELD 246,642,700 3071 Open
4686 St Georges / Miller ST GEORGES/MILLER 225,035,640 3071 Open
3267 Darebin / Station DAREBIN/STATION 211,157,160 3071 Open
3272 STATION near COLLINS STATION NR COLLINS 208,880,267 3071 Open
4675 St Georges / Hutton ST GEORGES/HUTTON 207,771,751 3071 Open
4661 Clarendon / High / Normanby CLARENDON/HIGH/NORMANBY 187,458,784 3071 Open
4160 ST GEORGES near KEMP ST GEORGES NR KEMP 186,127,831 3071 Open
4667 Grange / Darebin GRANGE/DAREBIN 173,371,012 3071 Open
3220 Plenty / High / Dundas / Miller PLENTY/HIGH/DUNDAS/MILLER 146,636,262 3071 Open
3266 STATION near CLARENDON STATION NR CLARENDON 145,166,845 3071 Open
4677 HIGH near MANSFIELD HIGH NR MANSFIELD 144,377,511 3071 Open
3117 Normanby / Leinster NORMANBY/LEINSTER 71,744,485 3071 Open
3241 Victoria / Dundas VICTORIA/DUNDAS 40,948,209 3071 Open
4673 VICTORIA near PENDER VICTORIA NR PENDER 20 3071 Open
4663 DAREBIN near WALES DAREBIN NR WALES 5 3071 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