Annual Dividend Rate Per Share

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- Definition

Refers to waiver of dividend by parent company to be declared by the entity.

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- Definition

Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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- Definition

Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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- Definition

Date the dividend to be paid was declared, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Dividends - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Dividends - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	Oct. 21, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jan. 20, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividends payable, date declared			Oct. 21, 2014
Common stock, dividends, per share, declared (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18	$ 0.180		$ 0.175	$ 0.36	$ 0.35
Annual dividend rate per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.72gcbc_AnnualDividendRatePerShare
Dividends payable, date of record	Nov. 14, 2014
Dividends payable, date to be paid	Nov. 28, 2014
Subsequent Event [Member]
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividends payable, date declared					Jan. 20, 2015
Common stock, dividends, per share, declared (in dollars per share)							$ 0.18
Annual dividend rate per share (in dollars per share)					$ 0.72
Dividends payable, date of record					Feb. 13, 2015
Dividends payable, date to be paid					Feb. 27, 2015
Mutual Holding Company [Member]
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividend waiver by parent (in dollars per share)								$ 0.80