Spotlight on Foster
Language Spoken at Home
9 percent of households in Foster speak a langeauge other than English at home in comparison with 11 percent in South Gippsland.
| Language | Number | % Foster | South Gippsland | Number | % South Gippsland |
| German | 14 | 0.8 | Italian | 249 | 0.9 |
| Italian | 10 | 0.5 | German | 94 | 0.3 |
| Dutch | 7 | 0.4 | Dutch | 77 | 0.3 |
| Japanese | 4 | 0.2 | Malayalam | 62 | 0.2 |
| Vietnamese | 4 | 0.2 | Mandarin | 39 | 0.1 |
| Households where language other than English is spoken | 34 | 4.1 | 592 | 5.0 |