Suburb profile
Foster VIC 3960
Foster is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, postcode 3960. It has 1,835 properties across 113 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Foster, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Foster
Foster, VIC 3960, sits in the Gippsland region and neighbours Bennison, Buffalo, Foster North and Port Franklin. Its 113 streets hold 1,835 properties, 1,675 of them houses and 160 units.
At the 2021 Census Foster had 9,446 residents, a median age of 54 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $1,110 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $250 a week. Of 3,906 dwellings, 3,732 were separate houses, 52 semi-detached, 78 flats and 38 other; 2,075 were owned outright, 1,064 owned with a mortgage and 550 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Foster
- 9,446Peoplelive in the area
- 54Median ageyears
- $1,110Median household incomea week
- $250Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,732
- Townhouses and semis52
- Flats and apartments78
- Other38
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
- Household size2.1people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Foster
Foster Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Corner Inlet College
IndependentSecondary
Foster Secondary College
GovernmentSecondary
Streets in Foster
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- Banksia Rise4 properties
- Beach Road2 properties
- Berry Street7 properties
- Black Swamp Road8 properties
- Blackwood Drive25 properties
- Blundens Road3 properties
- Boolarra-Foster Road17 properties
- Boundary Road7 properties
- Boyd Court9 properties
- Bridge Street8 properties
- Bruce Court11 properties
- Byrnes Street3 properties
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Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.