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If the majority of these buyers get the money from family, how exactly does it prove that property is affordable? If it's 10% of FHBs, a decent number, what's more probable? That they saved the money, or the money came from family?

Enough to make up 10% of first home buyers? Improbable. People getting money from parents to buy a place is much more probable.

All that statistic tells me is that there are parents willing to give money to their children to buy a home.

Why does it have to be either one or the other? A little discipline, a little planning and you can have it all. Instead of just travelling in a gap year block, work overseas for a few years instead and travel between jobs and on holidays. Especially when the exchange rate works in your favour...