Pilliga NSW 2388

Living Here

Pilliga is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 175 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $762 a week, with median rent near $189 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Narrabri Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pilliga itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Pilliga Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Pilliga Cafe
• 1 park

  • Anzac Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Brigid's Catholic Church
• 1 post office

  • Pilliga LPO

Getting around. Airport: Wee Waa Airport, 51.5 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 14.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 8% · Labour-force participation 47.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,436 bird observations recorded near Pilliga — most often seen:

• Magpie-lark (76)
• Welcome Swallow (73)
• Galah (70)
• Willie Wagtail (67)
• Australian Wood Duck (63)
• Yellow-throated Miner (62)
• Common Myna (57)
• Pacific Black Duck (55)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (54)
• Australian Magpie (50)
• Grey Teal (50)
• White-necked Heron (50)
• Australian Raven (49)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Pilliga:

• Drildool (23.1 km)
• Cuttabri (27.6 km)
• Gwabegar (27.7 km)
• Burren Junction (31.2 km)
• Merah North (38.8 km)
• Come By Chance (39.6 km)
• Kenebri (44.3 km)
• Urawilkie (44.3 km)

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