West Footscray
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: #140
SCATS sites: 11
Postcode(s): 3012, 3019
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Suburb Map

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West Footscray suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

West Footscray contains 11 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,249,180,516 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,249.2M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in West Footscray is Phw / Geelong, with 275,566,592 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,249.2MTotal mapped vehicle movements
11Mapped SCATS sites
#140Melbourne suburb movement rank
113,561,865Average 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 West Footscray

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2507 Phw / Geelong
PHW/GEELONG		 275,566,592 275.6M 270 Map
2 4951 Ashley / Sunshine / Dempster
ASHLEY/SUNSHINE/DEMPSTER		 174,160,817 174.2M 973 Map
3 1539 Sunshine / Geelong
SUNSHINE/GEELONG		 148,026,078 148.0M 1311 Map
4 2520 Ashley / Central West Plaza
ASHLEY/CENTRAL WEST PLAZA		 116,405,409 116.4M 1896 Map
5 4949 Ashley / South
ASHLEY/SOUTH		 112,750,729 112.8M 1976 Map
6 1513 Ashley Street / Rupert Street
ASHLEY STREET/RUPERT STREET		 107,372,053 107.4M 2113 Map
7 2518 Sunshine / Roberts
SUNSHINE/ROBERTS		 105,816,080 105.8M 2160 Map
8 4248 Barkly / Warleigh
BARKLY/WARLEIGH		 60,026,719 60.0M 3289 Map
9 2514 Somerville / Paramount
SOMERVILLE/PARAMOUNT		 58,582,876 58.6M 3335 Map
10 4253 BARKLY near ARGYLE
BARKLY NR ARGYLE		 55,306,890 55.3M 3407 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 West Footscray. 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
    2507 — Princes Hwy West / Geelong
    PRINCES HWY WEST/GEELONG
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #270
    -37.803978, 144.882798
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  2. 2
    4951 — Ashley / Sunshine / Dempster
    ASHLEY/SUNSHINE/DEMPSTER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #973
    -37.799547, 144.862107
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  3. 3
    1539 — Sunshine / Geelong
    SUNSHINE/GEELONG
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1311
    -37.802524, 144.88495
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  4. 4
    2520 — Ashley / Central West Plaza
    ASHLEY/CENTRAL WEST PLAZA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1896
    -37.794171, 144.862975
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  5. 5
    4949 — Ashley / South
    ASHLEY/SOUTH
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1976
    -37.792851, 144.863276
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  6. 6
    1513 — Ashley Street / Rupert Street
    ASHLEY STREET/RUPERT STREET
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2113
    -37.797665, 144.862383
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  7. 7
    2518 — Sunshine / Roberts
    SUNSHINE/ROBERTS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2160
    -37.800624, 144.871669
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  8. 8
    4248 — Barkly / Warleigh
    BARKLY/WARLEIGH
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3289
    -37.797698, 144.879913
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  9. 9
    2514 — Somerville / Paramount
    SOMERVILLE/PARAMOUNT
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3335
    -37.810245, 144.860807
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  10. 10
    4253 — BARKLY near ARGYLE
    BARKLY NR ARGYLE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3407
    -37.797144, 144.87491
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  11. 11
    4259 — BARKLY near CLARKE
    BARKLY NR CLARKE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.797418, 144.877384
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Phw / Geelong
275,566,592 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

West Footscray ranks #140 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
2507 Princes Hwy West / Geelong PRINCES HWY WEST/GEELONG 275,566,592 3012 Open
4951 Ashley / Sunshine / Dempster ASHLEY/SUNSHINE/DEMPSTER 174,160,817 3019 Open
1539 Sunshine / Geelong SUNSHINE/GEELONG 148,026,078 3012 Open
2520 Ashley / Central West Plaza ASHLEY/CENTRAL WEST PLAZA 116,405,409 3019 Open
4949 Ashley / South ASHLEY/SOUTH 112,750,729 3012 Open
1513 Ashley Street / Rupert Street ASHLEY STREET/RUPERT STREET 107,372,053 3012 Open
2518 Sunshine / Roberts SUNSHINE/ROBERTS 105,816,080 3012 Open
4248 Barkly / Warleigh BARKLY/WARLEIGH 60,026,719 3012 Open
2514 Somerville / Paramount SOMERVILLE/PARAMOUNT 58,582,876 3012 Open
4253 BARKLY near ARGYLE BARKLY NR ARGYLE 55,306,890 3012 Open
4259 BARKLY near CLARKE BARKLY NR CLARKE 35,166,273 3012 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