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Loans Receivable - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Sep. 30, 2012
Receivables [Line Items]      
Carrying value of Purchased loans $ 5,100,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAcquiredWithDeterioratedCreditQuality    
Unpaid Principal Balance 40,658,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableUnpaidPrincipalBalance 41,084,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableUnpaidPrincipalBalance  
Estimated fair value 7,300,000essa_ImpairedFinancingReceivableEstimatedFairValue    
Contractual cash flows 13,900,000essa_ImpairedFinancingReceivableContractualCashFlows    
Preliminary estimate of expected cash flows 8,800,000essa_ImpairedFinancingReceivableExpectedCashFlows    
Non-accretable discount 5,100,000essa_NonAccretableDiscount    
Cash flows in excess of estimated fair value 1,400,000essa_AccretableDiscount    
Reclassifications of nonaccretable discounts 872,000us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldReclassificationsFromNonaccretableDifference    
Allowance for loan losses recorded for acquired loans 157,000us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesLoansAcquired 0us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesLoansAcquired  
Mortgage loans 104,810,000essa_MortgageLoansAndLeaseReceivableOthers 80,986,000essa_MortgageLoansAndLeaseReceivableOthers  
Non Accrual loans 21,912,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus 23,279,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus 23,707,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus
Additional interest income under loan agreements 1,054,000essa_AdditionalInterestIncomeOnLoansReceivable 883,000essa_AdditionalInterestIncomeOnLoansReceivable 592,000essa_AdditionalInterestIncomeOnLoansReceivable
Criteria in internal rating system Ten point    
Categories considered as not criticized Six    
Days past due over which loans are considered as substandard 90 days    
Minimum internal review amount 500,000essa_MinimumInternalReviewAmount    
Minimum external review amount 1,000,000essa_MinimumExternalReviewAmount    
First Star Bank Member      
Receivables [Line Items]      
Unpaid Principal Balance $ 12,900,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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