Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition - Parenthetical (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 14,935	$ 21,483
Preferred stock par value (in dollars 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 (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock shares authorized	40,000,000	40,000,000
Common stock shares issued	17,661,865	17,619,865
Common stock shares outstanding	10,386,399	10,856,027
Treasury stock shares	7,275,466	6,763,838