Wallan
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: #263
SCATS sites: 7
Postcode(s): 3756
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Suburb Map

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Wallan suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Wallan contains 7 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 506,067,859 vehicle movements, or approximately 506.1M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Wallan is Northern / Watson, with 107,792,630 recorded movements across the historical period.

506.1MTotal mapped vehicle movements
7Mapped SCATS sites
#263Melbourne suburb movement rank
72,295,408Average 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 Wallan

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 6333 Northern / Watson
NORTHERN/WATSON		 107,792,630 107.8M 2101 Map
2 6332 Northern / Queen
NORTHERN/QUEEN		 95,538,071 95.5M 2404 Map
3 6304 Northern Highway / Taylors Lane
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / TAYLORS LANE		 82,983,664 83.0M 2709 Map
4 6214 NORTHERN Highway / WILLIAM
NORTHERN HWY/WILLIAM		 81,723,441 81.7M 2744 Map
5 5170 Wallan-Whittlesea Road / Windham Street
WALLAN-WHITTLESEA RD/ WINDHAM ST		 53,277,989 53.3M 3458 Map
6 6313 NORTHERN Highway near QUEEN ST
NORTHERN HWY NR QUEEN ST		 46,142,812 46.1M 3636 Map
7 5169 NORTHERN Highway / SPRINGRIDGE BVD
NORTHERN HWY/SPRINGRIDGE BVD		 38,609,252 38.6M 3811 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 Wallan. 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: 7. 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
    6333 — Northern / Watson
    NORTHERN/WATSON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2101
    -37.416372, 144.979112
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  2. 2
    6332 — Northern / Queen
    NORTHERN/QUEEN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2404
    -37.413087, 144.979394
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  3. 3
    6304 — Northern Highway / Taylors Lane
    NORTHERN HIGHWAY / TAYLORS LANE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2709
    -37.4231, 144.9786
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  4. 4
    6214 — NORTHERN Highway / WILLIAM
    NORTHERN HWY/WILLIAM
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2744
    -37.406699, 144.979861
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  5. 5
    5170 — Wallan-Whittlesea Road / Windham Street
    WALLAN-WHITTLESEA RD/ WINDHAM ST
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3458
    -37.416702, 144.982061
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  6. 6
    6313 — NORTHERN Highway near QUEEN ST
    NORTHERN HWY NR QUEEN ST
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3636
    -37.414785, 144.979246
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  7. 7
    5169 — NORTHERN Highway / SPRINGRIDGE BVD
    NORTHERN HWY/SPRINGRIDGE BVD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3811
    -37.396502, 144.977793
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Northern / Watson
107,792,630 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Wallan ranks #263 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
6333 Northern / Watson NORTHERN/WATSON 107,792,630 3756 Open
6332 Northern / Queen NORTHERN/QUEEN 95,538,071 3756 Open
6304 Northern Highway / Taylors Lane NORTHERN HIGHWAY / TAYLORS LANE 82,983,664 3756 Open
6214 NORTHERN Highway / WILLIAM NORTHERN HWY/WILLIAM 81,723,441 3756 Open
5170 Wallan-Whittlesea Road / Windham Street WALLAN-WHITTLESEA RD/ WINDHAM ST 53,277,989 3756 Open
6313 NORTHERN Highway near QUEEN ST NORTHERN HWY NR QUEEN ST 46,142,812 3756 Open
5169 NORTHERN Highway / SPRINGRIDGE BVD NORTHERN HWY/SPRINGRIDGE BVD 38,609,252 3756 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