Bushfire Risk in Pilliga, NSW: 2026 Assessment

Pilliga, New South Wales, has a pilliga is at high risk of bushfires due to its proximity to extensive bushland and hot, dry summers. climate change is projected to exacerbate these conditions. bushfire risk profile. Key factors include distance to classified bushland, vegetation type, slope, and historical bushfire activity in the region. The New South Wales fire authority maps bushfire-prone areas and assigns BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) ratings.

The Pilliga Scrub is a large area of native forest that surrounds the town.

CSIRO research indicates climate change is extending fire seasons and increasing the number of severe fire weather days across southern and eastern Australia. For Pilliga, this may mean shifts in bushfire risk levels over the coming decades, making property-level BAL assessment increasingly important.

Use ClimateNest for a complete address-level bushfire risk report for Pilliga including BAL zone assessment, evacuation route mapping, and property-specific risk mitigation recommendations.

Pilliga sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for bushfire risk. 10.3% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk bushfire zones and 79% in moderate-risk zones, based on the national hazard overlay. Exposure at this scale varies street by street, which is why an address-level check matters before you buy or insure a specific property in Pilliga.

Pilliga (postcode 2388) is tracked in ClimateNest's suburb hazard model, which maps the share of the suburb's land exposed to each hazard at high and moderate levels. The suburb's highest high-risk exposures are surface flood (11% of land in high-risk zones), riverine flood (10.8% of land in high-risk zones), bushfire (10.3% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Pilliga — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.