LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Recorded Investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings by Class of Loan and Accrual Status) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Accruing	$ 7,486	$ 8,090
Nonaccrual	1,632	1,633
Total	9,118	9,723
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Accruing	2,590	2,767
Nonaccrual	0	110
Total	2,590	2,877
Commercial real estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Accruing	4,692	5,186
Nonaccrual	1,512	1,523
Total	6,204	6,709
Commercial business [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Accruing	95	12
Nonaccrual	120	0
Total	215	12
Consumer [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Accruing	109	125
Nonaccrual	0	0
Total	$ 109	$ 125

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25495931&loc=d3e18845-111554

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Recorded Investment
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65880944

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