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Housing
foster
Victoria · Census 2021
$490k
-13.7% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Foster is a leafy residential suburb of South Gippsland.
Median house price
People
Population
2,044
Median age
59 yrs
Income / person / wk
$566
Household income / wk
$975
Housing
Median rent / wk
$240
Mortgage / month
$1,348
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- Vietnamese · 0%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 15%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
Amenity score
42/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
1
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
2.3 km
Nearest train
51.5 km
Nearest hospital
1.7 km
Distance to coast
3.0 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
2
Catholic
0
Independent
1
Primary
1
Secondary
2
Nearest secondary
2.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- South Gippsland
- Council population
- 30,888
- Council area
- 3,296 km²
- Density
- 9/km²
- Federal grants
- $13.15M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $426/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,282
- Operating result
- +5.8%
- Asset renewal
- 241%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Monash
- Federal MP
- Mary Aldred (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 54% 2PP
- State electorate
- Gippsland South
- State MP
- Danny O'Brien (NAT)
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