Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition - Parenthetical (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 21,483	$ 30,482
Preferred stock par value per share	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock shares authorized	2,000,000	2,000,000
Preferred stock shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock par value per share	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock shares authorized	40,000,000	40,000,000
Common stock shares issued	17,619,865	17,610,865
Common stock shares outstanding	10,856,027	11,418,654
Treasury stock shares	6,763,838	6,192,211