Poringland is a village in the district South Norfolk, England. It lies 5 miles south of Norwich city centre and 10 miles north of Bungay. Its population has rapidly grown in the past 50 years. It covers an area of 6.32 km² and had a population of 3,261 living in 1,403 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 3,802 at the 2011 Census.