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Liquidity (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 4,222,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	$ 3,147,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	$ 4,222,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	$ 3,147,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	$ 3,908,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	$ 3,408,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Net working capital	900,000dlhc_WorkingCapitalNet		900,000dlhc_WorkingCapitalNet
Accumulated deficit	(62,192,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit		(62,192,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit		(62,244,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Operating income	515,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	225,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	774,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	291,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Net income	(82,000)us-gaap_ProfitLoss	197,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss	52,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss	330,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount of unused availability under the line	2,600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity		2,600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
Line of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum availability	6,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember		6,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Amount of unused availability under the line	1,200,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember		1,200,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Accounts receivables
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum availability	3,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = dlhc_AccountsReceivableFacilityMember		3,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = dlhc_AccountsReceivableFacilityMember
Interest rate (percent)					4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = dlhc_AccountsReceivableFacilityMember
Unbilled receivables
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)					4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = dlhc_UnbilledReceivableFacilityMember
Letter of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount of unused availability under the line	$ 1,400,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember		$ 1,400,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember

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